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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Eng.) Gumbo",
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    "content": "and such other related registers as maybe considered necessary. We have had some so called media practitioners in this country where literally--- I am talking of the gutter press. These people provide information – wrong, inaccurate or whatever you call it but it is information. It is time that a way is found that we are able to rein in on them because they offend people all the time. The gutter press offends people all the time. Almost all of us in this House every week especially when you hold a high position in society, at one point or the other have been offended by the gutter press. So, I think it is important that we are able to locate these people. One of the Members who was contributing yesterday said that when you try to take action against them, they keep on changing. They are in a constant process of metamorphosis and changing their character and form and this is something that has to be reined in if we are to go far in this idea of independence of the media. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I am glad that Clause 6(2) talks clearly that in exercise of its powers and discharge of its functions under this Act, the Council and every person to whom this Act applies shall ensure that the freedom and independence of the media is exercised in such a way that respects the rights and reputations of others. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, this has been wanting in this country. I do not know if I have spoken for ten minutes. It is exactly five minutes."
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