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    "id": 403522,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/403522/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ogalo",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "George Oner Ogalo",
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    "content": "selected, I do not think the Cabinet Secretary would have made a very big mistake to disable the Media Council. So, the mechanism put in the Bill for selecting the six members of the Council and chairperson, to me, are sufficient. If members have certain technicalities that need to be addressed then the Committee of the whole House will have an opportunity to deal with that. I know of very many Kenyans who have been hurt by the media. Yesterday, the son of a former Member of Parliament for Rangwe came to my office and said that recently he was on an expose in the media as being one of the flamboyant conmen that conned Kenya. This was in the series of 50 years since independence which is running in our media. His name was there and this has caused him problems with his finances, business relationships and so on. He has completely no recourse to regain his reputation. So, this Bill is very important. It will instill discipline. It will also bring responsibility and enable Kenyans feel safe with the freedom of the media. It will also help the media to regulate themselves and discharge their functions in a manner that is in tandem with our goals of peace and national prosperity. This being the Second Reading of this Bill, I welcome fellow Members of Parliament to be ready to scrutinise it thoroughly when it gets to the Committee of the whole House. With those remarks, I beg to support."
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