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    "id": 1379976,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1379976/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Oketch Gicheru",
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    "content": "I wish, Mr. Speaker, Sir, you were listening to this because it is a very serious proposal that I am pushing for the SBC. I request that if a Bill goes to a committee and the committee does not invite the author of the Bill to come and defend it for over 14 days, then it should be assumed to have passed that committee consideration and gone to publication directly, then it gets reconsidered at the time that it is already in the House. The committee can have a bite of the cherry after that. Very shortly, I also wanted to comment on the Statement by my good friend, the Senator for Bomet County. I have had a chance of traversing Migori County and it is very expansive. Our daughters, brothers, sisters and sometimes even mothers who are in the journalism profession--- We have got advantage of using our big cars and sometimes the Governors have got an advantage of using the county resources to get as far as the areas of Muhuru Bay or Masangora in Kuria or Isebania. However, the journalists that we have at the county level at times do not have facilitation to get as far as those places to give us the amazing news that we see. It is indeed very inhumane if a Governor, in a position of power, can couple this with the kind of harassment that we have seen in some quarters, including in Bomet County. These are our children, sisters and brothers. We must see that the profession they are in is one that is there to help the public consume and get their right to information. This is something that this House must stand to and against strongly. I hope that the committee will give this House an opportunity to interrogate some of those notorious"
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