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    "id": 1126264,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Were",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Petronila Were Lokorio",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I would like to commend the Chairperson of the Committee on Information and Technology for such a thorough presentation. The Committee on Information and Technology is one of the most committed committees. I have worked with other committees as well but it is one of the most committed committees. I will give an example of the Statement on the monopolistic tendencies by Safaricom PLC. We have managed to have meetings with almost all stakeholders in the telecom industry to get to the gist of the matter. I know when that report comes to this House we will properly be informed because it will be a thoroughly done report. I thank the clerks of the Committee on Information and Technology for a good job. The same applies to the Office of the County Printer Bill, 2021. That Bill was also done very well by the legal representative in the committee. I commend them because we ended up not having any amendments. The Bill had come earlier and the legal team included all the issues that had been raise earlier. As we move on, however, I would like the Committee to look at the issues of media ethics. As we move to the general elections, we would love to see the media being fair and just in their presentation of news in radio, television and even print media, so that they do not appear to be favouring only one or two presidential candidates when we know that we have others, for example, Hon. Musalia Mudavadi. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, media ethics should be a point of concern for the committee moving forward, so that they are fair in their reporting towards the general election in order to reduce tension and make sure that all Kenyans have an opportunity to make a choice in terms of whom they would like to vote for. I thank you."
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