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    "id": 603490,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/603490/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Baiya",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Peter Njoroge Baiya",
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    "content": "The importance of this Bill is quite evident as far as implementing this new Constitution is concerned and even Vision 2030 which the Government has committed itself to say it is one of its key goals. It is an issue-based society. Such an issue-based society where politics will be based on issues can only be possible if the public and all the key stakeholders are enlightened and have the right information. Even when it comes to our own politics, some of the challenges we have had in our politics are negative ethnicity, among others. It is quite clear, and the Government has said so within its policy documentation, that the way to overcome this is to actually enlighten the citizens so that they do not base their decisions on simple, parochial and ethnic considerations, but they be based on policy and alternative ways of realising the goals and objectives of development. The new Constitution has put a lot of emphasis on human rights. It is quite clear that the observance, protection, promotion and fulfilment of human rights cannot be possible or realised without clear information systems. Even in the case of private players, the citizens or whoever wishes to enforce those rights must have access to information. With regard to other clear issues confronting this country, such as corruption, one of the best panaceas for resolving them once and for all is to make information publicly available so that whoever undertakes Government projects is aware that the country will, in the course of time, have information on how public resources have been used. That will be a strong preventive mechanism for combatting corruption. We have seen the response from the Auditor-General’s 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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