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    "id": 1126172,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wetangula",
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        "legal_name": "Moses Masika Wetangula",
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    "content": "languages have been licensed and how many frequencies have been given to individuals. We also know some individuals who have taken more frequencies than they need, in order to block others from accessing these frequencies. This is the duty of CAK. If they did their work well, there should not be any case in this country where no area can access radio broadcasting. You remember in the old days when we had only one station called Voice of Kenya. In fact, when we were at the university we used to joke that it was called the ‘Noise of Kenya’. Voice of Kenya used to be a monopoly, broadcast what they wanted, malign what they wanted and black out what they wanted. With freedom that came with the liberalization of airwaves and the rundown to the 2010 Constitution, things like what we see in this Petition must be part of our history not part of our contemporary behavior. I want to urge that the Committee on ICT summons the CAK leadership and call them to order to ensure that whoever is licensed and has paid revenue to broadcast material, subject to acceptable content, must enjoy the fruits of that license without any undue interference from a competitor, whether maliciously or otherwise. It makes a whole nonsense of the idea of licensing a radio station then making it impossible to function. I want to urge the Committee on ICT, that when they are seized with this matter, they should not only deal with this Laikipia problem, but also address issues and direct CAK to carry out a proper audit across the country. This will ensure that every licensee who runs a broadcasting station; whether radio or television enjoys unlimited and uninterrupted broadcasting to the people of Kenya."
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