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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Mwenje",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Co-operative Development and Marketing",
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        "legal_name": "David S. Kamau Mwenje",
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    "content": " Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, the House is in a serious dilemma. While I agree with the point that we should agree with the President, I must admit that we have also had a lot of problems. The Minister for Information and Communications must also find a way--- I remember a serious matter that took place. I saw some photographs of a child, born of an Asian, belonging to an hon. Member of this House. When you find yourself in such a situation, and you know that it is not true, what are you expected to do? As much as we have a lot of respect for the Press, I think there must be a way for them to report responsibly. The gutter press has been reporting a lot of things which are not true, and if you try to take them to court, you will be at a loss to tell who owns that gutter press. They never disclose the names of their directors. When you eventually tell them to apologise, they only put a very small paragraph somewhere inside the newspaper which says: \"We inadvertently misreported and so we apologise\". Nobody will ever see that apology! So, I think the Minister for Information and Communications must also come up with a way of protecting the public and leaders, because if a newspaper reports something like that, then what is the remedy? However, at the same time, Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I agree that sometimes they disclose who it is. It could be about a debtor or there could be quarrels and so on. Now, because that is put somewhere inside the newspaper--- While I agree with the President that we should agree to remove this particular clause, I think somebody somewhere must come and tell us how to deal with the Press when they get involved in those kinds of extreme cases."
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