{"id":593589,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/593589/?format=json","text_counter":167,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Katoo","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":199,"legal_name":"Judah Katoo Ole-Metito","slug":"judah-ole-metito"},"content":"Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. I rise to support the Leader of the Majority Party in his amendment. I want to say that one of the main objectives of the media is to inform the public. As much as we are doing this, I would also urge the media not to misinform. If you look at what my colleague (Prof.) Nyikal has been saying - I just want to allay the fears. Reading from the same script with my colleague, Hon. Wamalwa if you look at Article 33(3), it states:- “In the exercise of the right to freedom of expression, every person shall respect the rights and reputation of others.” Therefore, as much as we move to delete that clause, it is good for the media in their normal duty of informing the public, to do so with the question of respecting the rights and the reputation of others. In this case, it is not only about Hon. Members of Parliament. Scandalous information, to put records correct, is not just about Hon. Members of Parliament, but members of the public. Therefore, I would also like to agree with the Hon. Member for Nyeri that maybe through the professional code of conduct and ethics, the media needs to come up very clean and try to do their work with decorum and without damaging reputation of people. As much as there is that allowance of seeking redress and deletion of misinformation, the damage that would have been done is so big so that it is not easy to undo it at times. I support."}