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    "id": 390116,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Prof.) Anyang’-Nyong’o",
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        "legal_name": "Peter Anyang' Nyong'o",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I stand to support this Motion and also to go on record that when the young Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Junior was soundly elected by the people of Makueni County, I was there. Sen. Orengo, the Senator for Siaya County, promised the people of Makueni that when the young Senator takes the seat of his late father, that Sen. Orengo will honour his presence in the House and the people of Makueni by quitting his seat in this particular committee in his favor. I must say that Sen. Orengo has lived up to his word. We are grateful that Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Junior is taking this seat. Mr. Speaker, Sir, having said that, and since my friend, Sen. Billo, mentioned the word “digital” here, I would say that let us not just pay homage to the word “digital” without living the concept “digital”. In that regard, there is something that is happening in this nation and in the whole world which should be taken very seriously in this highly digitalized world. I hope this particular Committee will seize it. That is in regard to the laws relating to the social media. It is an extremely important issue particularly when it comes to bringing up a proper democratic political culture in this nation, inculcating proper values in our young ones and ensuring that the digital culture in the social media is not exploited to undermine social values and the building of a democratic society. The Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights is perhaps the best placed to begin thinking of this. I would like to appeal to the young Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Junior to take up that as, perhaps, one of his early initiatives in the House; to think about how to deal with social media in our political culture. Mr. Speaker, Sir, with those remarks, I beg to support."
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