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    "id": 214421,
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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Maore",
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        "legal_name": "Richard Maoka Maore",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, under Standing Order No.69, I was rising to address the same issue whereby in my contribution last week, on July 3rd, on the Media Bill, I did quote a specific incident on a specific media house on page 2136 of the HANSARD. In the entire speech, which was three pages, the media gave it a blackout. However, as an afterthought which happened not on Tuesday the same day, or Wednesday or Thursday, but yesterday, the behaviour of the journalists is as what you have been told by Mr. Sambu. However, what I did say, in its proper context, I put it very clearly that it was the victims who are unfairly mistreated by the media. I quoted the 4th June edition of The Standard and I read an article on it where they had said in the same argument that the problem is that Ntonyiri residents believe that I will eventually expire through another road accident. I went down and read another sentence which stated: \"If the rationale of joining politics is to form government, then it is right time to count his losses and rightfully disappear into the thickets of a miraa bush\". Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, in that context, I did put forward the next sentence which states: \"It is a very offensive piece of article and I am actually intending to sue the newspaper\". That was my quote. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, now it is the next sentence which the media houses are using as a pretext to force the House to oppose the Media Bill. It reads as follows: \"I am trying to say that when you have a newspaper and using insults just because they have an outlet (that is of the media), it needs to be controlled. We do not want a situation whereby you have a pen and paper and you are not different from a monkey carrying a loaded gun\". Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, according to the author of this piece of paper on June 4th in The Standard, to call him a monkey is an insult to the ape. It is worse. So, we need to put records straight to all the journalists. I can assure you I have been a friend to very many journalists July 11, 2007 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 2407 over the 15 years I have been here. Messrs. Muthui Mwai, Jacob Nthumbi, Eric Shimoli, Emman Omari and Ms. Mwenda Njoka have been my very good friends. I have no problem with this new breed of journalists who have come while I am here. I want to sincerely say I apologise if they feel offended, but it is wrong for them to be forced by The Standard to make sure they score a point of continuing the battle. I do apologise to them. Thank you."
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