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    "speaker_name": "Githunguri, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Gathoni Wamuchomba",
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    "content": "debated and passed by the National Assembly, there are procedures. This is a House of procedure and I am excited we are keeping in line with what are supposed to do. Even as I support this amendment Bill, I am keen to note that Section 11(6) states: “(6) Not withstanding subsections 4 and 5, Parliament may, where statutory instrument ceases to have an effect in accordance to subsection 4, notify the public in two newspapers of wide circulation, that the statutory instrument is a nullity”. In this day and age, I do not think we are supposed to constrain ourselves to newspapers of wide circulation. I do not know whether you are aware there is a lot of paradigm change when it comes to communication, in the era of digital and electronic media. So, newspapers may be a bit limiting nowadays. I do not know the last time I read one. I read social media platforms. Even the people of Githunguri, which is a very rural village constituency, are consuming social media. Why are we limiting ourselves to national newspapers? We should be talking about platforms which have a large following of readers and audience. I have a background in the media industry and feel a little bit resistant to support this amendment. Not because I am not a friend of the Chairperson, Hon. Samuel Chepkonga who is my senior brother, but because he is trying to sneak in what he used to do when he was 27 years old. Now, he is an old mzee . He should be thinking of the new era media and how things are moving. Today, the Government is struggling very much to fight with the media, but they are forgetting the traditional media is not the media we used to have. We have new emerging media platforms and that is what we should be quoting in this amendment Bill. Otherwise, I support it, but with a possibility of amendments. Let us include other new media and not just the newspapers. Thank you very much, Hon. Chepkonga for the two minutes. Traditionally, I am never given two minutes because I am the loudest woman in the country. I want to be given more time to express myself because there are many things I would love to say. Hon. Chepkonga, next time, give me five minutes. Thank you."
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