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    "content": "people are changing political parties on a day to day basis, ignoring the ones that brought Independence and were built on ideals of nationhood and patriotism. Such history can only be found in libraries. In Siaya County, for example, there should be all the literature on the late Mzee Jaramogi Oginga Odinga’s life. The same should apply for Mzee Moi and Mzee Kibaki. We have forgotten about people who brought civilization in Kenya. Instead, we spent a lot of time on Facebook and Twitter as opposed to the libraries. I want to laud Sen. Gwendo for moving this Bill, which if enacted, will compel every governor to sit down with elected leaders, starting with the Senator, Members of the National Assembly and Members of County Assemblies (MCAs) and other men and women of that county and identify a place to build a library. It is a pity that no county has thought of building a library. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, it is a pity that in the last three years, I have not come across a county that prides itself of having built a library unless my colleagues can report otherwise. However, I know that they are quickly running into building their own offices where they think they will be stationed permanently. They are putting up many structures that are not of assistance. The idea of establishing libraries is quite relevant as it proposes to establish a committee in every county. The membership of the committees which is indicated in the Bill is also of immense value, as the Mover of the Bill stated. The membership of this committee is as follows: The County Executive Committee (CEC) Member in charge of library or a person designated to sit in that committee, two other persons; a man and woman, who will be appointed by the governors, as well as two other persons appointed by the governor with the approval of the county assembly with knowledge of library and information science.. I am afraid that in some counties, it will not be possible to get the kind of people who have been stated in this Bill. When you talk of people with knowledge in information science, you might not get such people in counties such as Wajir, Isiolo or West Pokot. It might not be possible to come and uproot somebody who is already working in Nairobi to go and sit there. However, we have secondary school teachers and retired primary school teachers who are interested in such matters. I propose that during the Committee of the Whole stage, we amend that section to read that people can be sourced from within the community who may not necessarily have knowledge in information science either by having a degree or diploma, but we allow those who love doing this to do so. We have retired principals and headmasters who are also committed. Some of them can be identified to sit in these committees as they can add significant value to this. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, as we talk about issues of libraries, let us think of how we will link up many primary schools to the libraries. For instance, there are 525 primary schools in my county. How will we link them up with these libraries so that they acquire knowledge? We have to build big facilities in the counties that have most of the books that are required at both primary and secondary school levels. I hope that when this committee is set up, just as we have children going to tour parks such as Maasai Mara and museums; it will be important for schools to take their students to the libraries where the librarians will also teach them how to read. Some of the primary schools in the rural The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes"
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