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    "id": 216043,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Capt. Nakitare",
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        "legal_name": "Davis Wafula Nakitare",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for allowing me to continue with my contribution on the Media Bill. It is important to note that our media has under it several sectors that have been ignored. We have freelance journalists. How do they earn their living? This is an area which we have to look at. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I also spoke about cyber cafes which are used under Information and Communications Technology (ICT) as a means of communication. This is an area where a lot of misinformation or good information will pass without the Government's notice. It has already been noticed in mobile telephones. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the manner in which the Short Message Service (SMS) is used is regrettable. In fact, just in the recent times women were lamenting that communication via SMS is depriving them of their marital status. This means that there is a lot of secrecy that goes on between married men, women and girlfriends out there. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, these are ills of the technologies that have come in to destroy or improve our economy. So, to clip wings of the media is not to deny the media autonomy. They want to have a Board, a Chairman of the Board and a Tribunal that will deal with disciplinary matters. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, one other thing that I must mention here is the manner in which journalists report. If journalists misreport or misquote me erroneously and when I point out that the information was incorrect, if it was in bold letters, the damage has already been done! However, when it comes to apologising, they give it a very small column where nobody can notice the apologies. That is also a question that should be put to them. It is not a reciprocation by way of defamation of character, mudslinging and so on. In politics, many people use the media to mudsling others. This is not a profession. It is high time Kenya came up to produce the likes of Jeff Koinange, formerly of CNN."
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