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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Eng.) Gumbo",
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        "legal_name": "Nicholas Gumbo",
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    "content": "Thank you hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. May I start by assuring the hon. Member who has just spoken before me that I sit in the Committee and that we arrived at some of the issues that he has spoken to; we welcome him to come, so that he can enrich some amendments that we are proposing to bring before the House. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, this Bill seeks to entrench self-regulation in the media. As the Chair realizes that is an ideal way of doing things; self-regulation works. The Chair is a lawyer and knows that lawyers self-regulate very well. I am an engineer and I know engineers self-regulate very well. But what we have seen in the media is the tendency that is adapted – I am not afraid to say– by our doctors where every time one of their own is accused, the natural reaction is to protect them instead of looking at the merits of the accusation. That has been the problem. The media can build or it can destroy, and we have seen them doing that many times in Kenya. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we have to speak about this forthrightly. The media in Kenya has destroyed reputations, families, careers and businesses that have taken years to build. We are not condemning them, but these have to be pointed out. These are things that even as we engage with the media--- My Committee has been engaging with the media; these are things that we have pointed out to them. Yes, the ideal is self-regulation; but as you self-regulate, please remember, freedom must also take into account freedoms of the other people. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, Kenyans still remember very vividly the negative role the media, particularly, the vernacular radio stations played in fueling the The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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