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    "content": "his or her decision to the Speaker of the Assembly within seven days of receipt of the communication”. Mr. Speaker, Sir, first, I want you to guide this Senate whether this Bill concerns counties and for the reasons that I have stated, whenever there is a travesty, a fundamental breach of the Constitution in particular the Bill of Rights which is fundamental to every Kenyan, I do believe that it is a Bill which concerns us, as counties or Kenyans and, therefore, it must be brought before the Senate. In particular, I want to make reference to Article 2(a) of the Constitution that states that the State shall not (a) exercise control over or interfere with any person engaged in broadcasting, the production or circulation of any publication or the dissemination of information by any media or penalize any person for an opinion or view or the content of any broadcast publication or dissemination. Mr. Speaker, Sir, further to Article 34(2) of the Constitution, I wish to bring to your attention Article 34(5) of the Constitution which says that Parliament shall enact legislation that provides for the establishment of a body. The guidelines of that body are provided for in the Constitution and these are: (a) Be independent of control by the Government, political interest or commercial interest. (b) Reflects the interest of all sections of the society, and; (c) Sets media standards and regulates and monitors compliance to those standards. Mr. Speaker, Sir the operating clause is sub-section (5) (a) which states that that body shall be independent of control by Government, political interest or commercial interest. I do believe that the Senate has appraised itself with the debate that has been going on in the media. We have been able to internalize the amendments that have been proposed and those amendments have the effect of limiting fundamental rights and freedoms as per Article 34 of the Constitution."
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