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    "id": 402546,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/402546/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. A. B. Duale",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, this Bill also provides for a quality assurance and media standards framework for the persons who will be accredited by the Media Council. The Council will provide quality assurance standards. It will create a framework under which media bodies can be accredited by the Council. It also provides a framework for media standards. This Bill provides for monitoring of compliance with these standards. How do you monitor? The Bill focuses on the establishment of a body to set media standards, regulations and also how to monitor the behaviour and workings of the industry. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Part 1 of this Bill provides the short title, interpretation of terms, application of Acts and the guiding principles under the Act. Part II provides the establishment of the Media Council of Kenya. It provides for the establishment of the Media Council, the functions, the powers, the composition, the qualifications of the membership, the independence of the Council, the vacancies, the terms and the procedure for removal of the Council members, the secretariat, the seal and the liability of the Council. Still in Part II, the Bill talks about--- Currently, the Media Council is drawn from a number of institutions."
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