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    "id": 398993,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/398993/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Kagwe",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Mutahi Kagwe",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, with regard to Sen. Elachi’s question, this is a very important and serious matter. It is more serious than a lot of Kenyans currently appreciate. What the media houses have been complaining about – in my understanding – is that they need to get their own signal distribution licences so that they can be produce their own programmes and also distribute the signal to themselves. Only two signal distributors in Kenya have been given licences. One of them is Signet which is basically the Kenya Broadcasting Corporation (KBC) and the other one is Startimes. What it means is that on the night of 13th December, if you switch on the Nation Television and you do not have set top box, you will not be able to view it. You will be completely in the dark. Therefore, the implication for the media houses is huge because if people do not have set top boxes and they are not able to watch television, what it means is that the advertisers will not be interested in placing advertisements on the evening of 13th December. So, it has got huge implications. It is our hope that Kenyans understand it and get their set top boxes before 13th December. As for the happiness of the media houses, I cannot say, but I am aware that there was a meeting between the media houses, the Cabinet Secretary and the Head of State to discuss this matter of migration from analogue to digital. All I can say is that as we stand here today, since we do not have any other communication from the Ministry, the communication we have is that following the gazette notice, unless otherwise stated, for"
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