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    "content": "and make sure that by the time you are putting up a board to advertise, it is in the right place. One of the other things that this committee will do is ensure that in any way your consideration of application should not affect certain scenic places like historical areas that have a particular aura to them. For example, Fort Jesus is one such place. You find people coming to put up posters on the building when it is meant to remain exactly as it is. This Bill then goes on to look at specific circumstances where you should not just advertise in any way; such general examples like archival aspects, landscapes and cultural characteristics are very critical for that. Madam Temporary Speaker, another provision that is very important is to ensure that this advertisement does not hinder somebody from seeing important information. For example, if there is direction that has been given or traffic rules, and someone puts up a poster on them. Then they directly have an effect on the safety of people. We have seen a lot of such instances, but many at times, people do not come to complain that there was a warning somewhere which they missed because the warning had been covered. I think that sometimes our interests override the general public safety. You find somebody putting up a poster without thinking much about what the implication is. Some posters hide important information that creates a lot of problems. Sometimes the posters just spoil the beauty of buildings. There are certain buildings that are very beautiful with nice walls yet somebody just erects an advertisement. The ability to control economic interest while allowing liberalization is critical; while on the other hand ensuring that consumers have a right to advertise, but within a safe space and operate within that space. Madam Temporary Speaker, information on when the licence will be given, when and where application will be made is very clear. Consideration of the said application will be 14 days after receipt and the steps for processing that application are very clear. However, the licence does not last forever. It lapses six months after approval. Therefore, because we expect that there might be several changes within six months, one is given a provisional period of six months within which you must implement your advertising. After that, you need to seek a new licence and start the process all over again. The time process is critical so that at any one time, there is constant evaluation of the features of where you want to put up the advertisement and exactly what is happening. That should be timed and not left open ended. The licence is not to be issued in an open ended manner. That licence can be revoked and Clause 12 is very specific; that the committee may revoke any approval given pursuant to Section 5 to amend, impose or change a particular condition. If the committee says that the situation for a particular advert will be detrimental to an area or a danger to somebody within that area, it needs to be taken into consideration. When Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr. moved this Bill, he made it clear that this Bill has been discussed and that there has been a lot of public participation. However, with devolution and counties becoming more interested in economic outputs and people getting more interested in what is happening in the counties, this critical area needs to be addressed. If it is not addressed, it will cause situations which otherwise we could have avoided in good time. Therefore, the preempting of this phenomenon tends to be seen The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes"
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