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    "id": 175967,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/175967/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Githae",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister and Ministry of Local Government",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Robinson Njeru Githae",
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    "content": " Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would like to take this opportunity to, again, show how much this House can achieve if Ministers and the House Departmental Committees work together. I was one of the persons who were very uncomfortable with the current Section 88 of the Communications Act, because of the immense powers bestowed upon the Minister. The Minister is given powers to disable, dismantle and close printing presses and broadcasting equipment, but I have been assured that this will only happen during an emergency. Again, we have been assured that it is only the President who can declare an emergency, and not a Minister. Our fears were that the Minister could declare an emergency today, disable and dismantle a printing press and then the following day, revoke the emergency. However, we have been assured that this is not going to happen. Therefore, I wish to commend the Minister for that assurance."
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