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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Nyasuna",
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        "legal_name": "Gladys Atieno Nyasuna",
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    "content": "While listening to hon. Kang’ata’s intention, are we saying that if I put anything in the newspaper, including a paid up advertisement I will need permission from someone? I think journalism is a field and journalists are professionals. The definition that I see in the amendments that have been brought is that a journalist is the only person who is recognized as such by the Council upon fulfillment of a certain criteria. Hon. Temporary Chairman, Sir, because that definition has already been brought; I do not see why an unqualified person will have business practising journalism. There is space within the field for opinion pieces; which is your opinion and the media house gives you consent to use their space to put your own opinion. That should not necessarily be considered that you are non-qualified journalist. So, I think he has thought in the right direction, but I do not think that the amendment as it is actually addresses the issue that is being thought about. The issue he is thinking about needs a lot of consultations; I think if we introduce it, we need to do it with the Committee having consulted sufficiently."
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