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    "id": 238497,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Dr. Machage",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Health",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Wilfred Gisuka Machage",
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    "content": " I am giving my views as the hon. Member for Kuria Constituency. Therefore, some degree of censorship of information is healthy for our security and well being. We have to watch out not to crunch ourselves onto the patient- doctor information system, where some oaths have been taken by certain professionals to conceal certain information that is important to you as a client. We are all clients and subjects of this Government or any other government. Indeed, there is no government in the world which releases all its information. Therefore, a Bill has to be introduced in this House to define the extent to which information has to be given freedom. That is why I support this Motion. If it appertains to resource distribution in this country, yes, we need that! If it comes to sirikali issue, then we have to think twice. Given that children access the internet freely and also given that the level of exposure that the current youth population has had is enormous, this will have a great psychological impact and determine their growth for centuries to come. We need to ask ourselves: Is it important? Is it necessary? Is it good to release all the dirt in the internet for our children to access in the name of freedom of information? If it were so, then I would say that hon. Members who more often than not meet in certain hotels in this country to deliberate on matters on their parties, like we had last week in Naivasha, where the hon. Members of the Opposition met--- If, really, they are true to their request to this House, then let us have all the information about the wars that were in Naivasha. You should not preach water and drink wine!"
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