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    "id": 630144,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/630144/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Prof.) Lonyangapuo",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 447,
        "legal_name": "John Krop Lonyangapuo",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I want to congratulate Sen. Gwendo through her sister, Sen. Abdille. This Bill is important because it talks about the establishment of libraries in every county. There are some counties like Kisumu and Nairobi that already have these services but they need to be established even at the sub-county level. As indicated here, this Bill is supposed to establish county libraries in each county. It also proposes to establish a county library development committee in each county that will run these libraries. I hope that this Bill, among other Senate Bills, will see the light of day and be enacted into law. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, we cannot be proud to have a population that is not literate. In Europe and some of the developed countries almost every town, city or village has a library which is well stocked with old and latest books. They now have the digital versions that are stored in their computers. Some of the people who never went to school are now undertaking distant learning and adult education. When I was in England, I was impressed by the way people take reading as a culture. Every afternoon you would find many people crowded in a library in a small town. Some of them are over 60 years old and you would wonder why they were reading. Since knowledge empowers, this is something that we need to encourage, particularly now that we have a devolved system, where counties govern themselves. There is a lot of historical data that is meant to enrich people in terms of clans, tribes and even the history of this nation. There is need for people, especially from Nyeri, Kiambu and other counties to learn how we got our Independence. Most of the people in those counties suffered during the Mau Mau war. The data relating to how people died and our nation was redeemed can only be found and stored in libraries and not in the museum. That is why it is a pity that The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes"
}