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    "id": 402539,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. A. B. Duale",
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": "amendments from both the Committee and individual Members of Parliament and they will be brought to the House. From where I stand today, I want to give all the salient features of this Bill for Members to follow, then bring the relevant amendments to make sure that we create a Bill for posterity. Thirdly, the media in our country is a very important investment sector. It informs and watches the other arms of Government, namely Parliament, the Judiciary and the Executive on behalf of the 40 million Kenyans. If I may start on the Media Council Bill 2013, the principal object of this Bill is to provide a framework for the realization of the right to freedom for the media as provided under Article 34 of the Constitution. Secondly, the other principal object of this Bill is that it seeks to repel the current Media Act 2007, which establishes the Media Council of Kenya as a leading institution in setting media standards and ensuring compliance with standards. Thirdly, another object of this Bill is to comply with the demands of the Constitution of Kenya 2010 at Section 7 of the Sixth Schedule; demands that all laws will continue to be enforced with the necessary modification in order to comply with the letter and the spirit of the Constitution. For the benefit of the House, the High Court has, in Petition No.346 of 2012, held, for instance, that the Kenya Information and Communications Act 1998--- I am sure the able former Chair of the Committee on Energy, Communication and Information, hon. Rege is here. That Act of 1998 and the Communications Commission of Kenya as properly constituted are empowered to undertake responsibility in terms of regulations as contemplated under Article 34 of the Constitution."
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