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    "id": 402547,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/402547/?format=api",
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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": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, the functions of the Council are set out in Clause 6; they are related to disputes, how to promote and protect freedom and independence of the media in a regulated and media standard framework. I think the Committee will bring its amendments and Members will also do so. I am sure it is a Bill that will create media laws for posterity and for a win-win situation. It is an industry that is regulated. If you look at all the professional bodies, the legal profession has the Advocates Act; the accountants have their own Act; the engineers have the Engineers Registration Act; the doctors have a medical practitioners body and so on. So, I think this is a law that will primarily promote and protect the freedom and the independence of the media. Of course, it will create a regulatory framework, media standards, setting and monitoring, so that everybody in the country--- We will legislate the best media law for the region. Kenya has been known as a hub or as a country which has the best Constitution, the best institutions, the best laws in all sectors, and I think we want to go ahead and make sure we create the best media laws."
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