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    "content": "canalization so that, then, we can be able to protect it both from surface water and also from soil erosion. So, we need to re-look at that policy. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the other thing that the Committee discussed was the freedom of expression and right to information. Yes, I, for one, believe in the right to information. I believe in the freedom of the Press. I was one of the people who condemned Section 88 in the Communications Act which empowers the Ministers of State for Provincial Administration and Internal Security to impound, confiscate and destroy broadcasting equipment. But that must also be followed by responsibility. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I was shocked yesterday to read in the newspapers that the only two people who attempted to disrupt or heckle the President during Madaraka Day were a journalist and a photojournalist. That, to me, is not freedom of the Press. That is actually misuse of the Press. National occasions are patriotic days. They are serious occasions. In fact, in other countries, they have passed laws protecting national days. You cannot misbehave on a national day because it belongs to the State. It belongs to the country. It does not belong to an individual. I think we should come up with some laws to preserve the dignity of our national days. I think there is nothing more ridiculous than a national day not being given the dignity that it deserves. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, people say that vernacular radio stations should be controlled because they incite Kenyans. I am one of those people who totally disagree with that. A radio station does not incite. It is the speaker in the radio station who incites! The vernacular radio stations play a very important role. They educate our people. They entertain Kenyans and, therefore, what we need to do, in fact, is to encourage the operators of the radio stations to incorporate even more languages, particularly the ones that they say are uneconomical. I would like to see a radio station broadcasting in Pokot. What is the smallest tribe in Baringo called? El-Molo! I would like to see a radio station broadcasting in the El-Molo language and even the languages of the other smaller communities which the radio stations say are uneconomical to run. Even if it means giving those radio stations Government subsidy so that they can incorporate them, it would be good. I am saying that because we need to reach out to all the communities. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the other topic that was discussed was advancing nuclear non-proliferation. As we advance nuclear non-proliferation, we must also accept that there are some good attributes of nuclear technology. For example, nuclear energy. There is nothing wrong with having a nuclear power station. I do not see anything wrong with it. In fact, we should encourage it. We were told that if we had one nuclear power station in the country, it could supply power to this country for the next 30 years. We should proceed with those plans. What we should prohibit is the creation of a nuclear bomb. That is because a bomb is a bomb. I know that Pakistan has said that it has detonated the first “Islamic” bomb. There is nothing like an “Islamic” nuclear bomb. It remains a bomb! There is nothing like an “African” nuclear bomb. I am told that South Africa wants to be the first to detonate a nuclear bomb in the name of the first “African” nuclear bomb. There is nothing like an “African” nuclear bomb. It is still a nuclear bomb! So, we must not baptize those bombs so as to give them some credibility. But I am saying that there is nothing wrong in making use of the good attributes of nuclear energy and nuclear study."
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