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    "id": 70756,
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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Mureithi",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Erastus Kihara Mureithi",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for protecting me. I would like to say that the Committee is led by an engineer, who himself has got a lot of acumen in digitization. We are very surprised that the KBC, which is a national organisation can be denied access to digital operations by FM stations, whereas they should have been the drivers in terms of digitizing the electronic media. Therefore, the recommendations made here by this Committee are valid. I would like to request the Executive to move with speed and act. If the Board that comes in finds that the Chief Executive is not working, he should be removed. There should be a Board with very experienced people. However, currently, I see a situation where KBC will remain using the analogue system long after the FM stations are digitized. As a result, we may not be in a position to view the programmes of KBC. So, I am requesting the Government to move with speed, not only in terms of appointing the Board, but also in terms of bringing in people with experience. There should be training in the IT area. That way, instead of the Board sitting once a month, we have a whole team trying to bring KBC up to speed so that, by the time we shift from the analogue system to the digital system, KBC will be in the forefront. But it is a tragedy when we see FM stations saying that they want to deny KBC access to their digital data. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, in making recommendations, we want to say that we want Committees, just like this one, to be courageous. They should move away from any connotation of tribe or personalities and look at merits. I think, in this House, we should be looking at the merits of people without asking where they come from. That"
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