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    "content": "(1) An educational institution that is not accredited under this Act shall not offer or teach courses in journalism. (2) An institution that offers or teaches courses in journalism contrary to subsection (1) commits an offence and the proprietor, director or manager of such institution shall be liable, on conviction, to a fine not exceeding twenty-five thousand shillings or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or both. We do have several instances where you find a person who is not per se a journalist, practising journalism. For instance, we are politicians and we do articles in newspapers. When you look at the definition of “journalism”, it appears even a politician who is doing an article in a newspaper may be deemed to be a journalist and may therefore be forced to be registered with the Media Council and probably to do other things under the new law, which we are proposing to enact. Therefore, taking into account that there are several instances where people who are not necessarily journalists may want to practise journalism, I have brought this new clause so that we can give those people a window to practise journalism. But then again, as they do that they need to have consent from a person who is a journalist per se. We have very popular people who may not probably be qualified to be journalists may be because of their training or other considerations. Take for instance, presently 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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