{"id":784301,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/784301/?format=json","text_counter":125,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Ng’ongo","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":110,"legal_name":"John Mbadi Ng'ong'o","slug":"john-mbadi"},"content":"I know the Bill is long overdue. It is important that we have it. It has good provisions. I do not want to go into the details because I would take the whole afternoon discussing them, but any good Bill must also have bad clauses. This Bill has a provision that outlaws false publication. I know the world today is so concerned with fake news. It is the in- thing. It is what is now being discussed. Probably, this Bill will help fight this menace. This idea may be good, but there is a red alert that this offence is similar to the old crime of criminal defamation, which has since been declared unconstitutional."}