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    "id": 180118,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Nyambati",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Walter Enock Osebe Nyambati",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, thank you for giving me the opportunity to be able to contribute to this very important Bill. I want to start by thanking the Minister and the Ministry for a job well-done; I commend them for having drafted this Bill. Even as we support this Bill, we need to call upon the Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK) to be more vigilant in relation to what is being done in the media and the communication world. First and foremost, I want to address the issue of the print media in this country. I want to say that the gutter Press has become so irresponsible. I think it is very important that the CCK takes note that these publications come out only mudsling Members of Parliament and other Kenyans. It is important that a law be put in place, so that every publication is fully registered, so that if there is defamation, the publication concerned can be followed to where it operates from. You find that there are so many gutter publications all over the country and in this City for the sole purpose of blackmailing some particular members of the society. I want to call upon the Ministry and CCK to ensure that there is law in place to ensure that whoever publishes anything is held accountable for whatever material they put out. Otherwise, we are going to create a society where anybody can come up and say anything about anybody without minding the consequences. So, it is very important that when we pass this kind of legislation the November 12, 2008 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 3459 Ministry takes it very seriously."
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