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    "id": 1483058,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Webuye West, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Daniel Wanyama",
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    "content": "This Bill establishes the Kenya National Library Service as a body corporate with perpetual succession whose functions shall include acquiring, preserving and maintaining a collection of library resources, carrying out and encouraging research in the development of libraries and related services, providing a national library reference and referral service, among others. The Bill provides that the management of the Kenya National Library Service shall vest in a board consisting of a chairperson and eight other members. The Bill further sets out the respective qualifications of the chairperson and the members of the board. The board shall be responsible for the furtherance of the objects of the Kenya National Library Service. The Bill also provides for the appointment of the director-general of the Kenya National Library Service, who shall be an ex-officio member of the board and who shall be responsible to the board for the day-to-day management of the affairs of the Service. The Bill provides for the repeal of the existing Kenya National Library Service Board Act Cap.225. It is important to note that the existing Kenya National Library Service Board Act was last amended in 2007, before the enactment of the Constitution of Kenya 2010. Therefore, the existing Act is inadequate as it does not appreciate the aspect of devolution, especially noting that the management of libraries is among the functions of the county governments. The Bill provides for transitional provisions regarding the former Board's rights, duties, assets and liabilities, which shall be transferred to the Kenya National Library Service upon the commencement of the Act. The Departmental Committee on Sports and Culture facilitated public participation in the Bill and, in so doing, received submissions from the Kenya National Library Service, the Council of Governors and the Kenya Library Association. In making their submissions, the stakeholders noted that while the management of libraries has been devolved to the county governments, there was a need to provide for national legislation establishing a national library that would bear the overall responsibility of acting as the central literary repository, the The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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