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    "id": 1278327,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1278327/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kikuyu, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah",
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    "content": " Hon. Speaker, many of us, I included, are on TikTok, unashamedly. My Deputy Whip here also says she is on TikTok. There is nothing criminal or evil about being on TikTok. I am also on Snapchat. My teenage daughters are on all these apps. They have downloaded them on my phone and shown me how to use them. Therefore, as much as I feel what Mr. Ndolo has said that there could be an element of abuse of all these apps, as a House, we cannot preside over the outright banning of any app. We cannot fight against technology. What Ndolo and maybe the relevant Committee should do is to petition the House to look at ways that we can regulate the use of these apps and restrict the age groups that use them. We can also consider how the Communications Authority of Kenya (CAK) and the ICT Authority can regulate the content that is uploaded for viewership according to different age groups. Outright banning will kill careers. I have been to a lavish establishment in Lavington which has established a digital village. The Government has made efforts to establish studios in villages all over the country where young men and women can create content on TikTok, WhatsApp, Snapchat, and all these other apps. Many young Kenyans earn a living from all these apps. The Government is even tapping the resources of digital content creators because it appreciates that the industry can generate revenue."
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