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    "id": 1151131,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. M. Kajwang’",
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        "legal_name": "Moses Otieno Kajwang'",
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    "content": "journalists from the region, talked about the disappearance of the new stand as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. If you reflect, you can no longer get the Daily Monitor and the New Vision from the corners that you could get them here in Nairobi. If you are looking for the TheEconomist, there are probably just four or five places you can get them in the entire Nairobi, yet a few years back, you could get it at the Norfolk, Village Market, Yahya Centre and several petrol stations. Mr. Speaker, Sir, our journalist friends must be prepared for that and know that everything is going digital. Those people we see on television must also be prepared. Already the television antennae has disappeared. When we were young and Gor Mahia FC and AFC Leopards were playing a match, we would be sent to the roof to align the antennae towards Ngong Hills or towards the direction where the Kenya Broadcasting Corporation (KBC) was transmitting from. Nowadays, young people do not have that luxury of being the centre of attention when there is a serious game going on. We must prepare ourselves for the disappearance of the radio set. The radio set actually has disappeared because even in the village, the fishermen listen to radio using their mobile phones while in the lake waters. We must prepare ourselves for the advent of citizen journalism, where citizens tell the story themselves. The risk of citizen journalism is that sometimes it is difficult to separate propaganda from the truth. It is difficult to separate fake news from actual professional journalism and reporting. I think it was Ochieng who said “I accuse the press.” Despite all these, there are still issues that we must be candid with our journalists. We agreed with them to self- regulate, but despite that, we are still seeing the media abusing the agenda-setting role. Everyday when you wake up, you find headlines about opinion polls that are meant to set the agenda which is meant to provoke debate. Let them allow the politicians like Sen. Wambua to set the agenda, not the media houses themselves. Mr. Speaker, Sir, finally, the issue of brown envelope journalism is a disease that has refused to leave. However, I believe that that disease will be solved once Baba the 5th becomes a reality. I thank you."
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