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    "id": 851557,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/851557/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Milgo",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13174,
        "legal_name": "Milgo Alice Chepkorir",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, thank you for giving me this chance to second The County Outdoor Advertising Control Bill, 2018. This Bill is important in the sense that it will provide a legal framework for regulating outdoors advertisement in counties and for connected purposes. I think this Bill will go a long way in bringing sanity in terms of advertisement because, currently, there is a lot of confusion. Sen. Poghisio mentioned that there are people who control how advertisements are done. In that case, it is survival of the fittest for goods or services one wants to be advertised. This Bill is quite in order because it indicates what is exempted from advertisements such as those that are ordinarily for providing direction to properties for sale or lease. In addition to that, there are advertisements of road signs, those of enclosed buildings or institutions and the ones related to sporting arena and cultural areas. For such, individuals will be exempted from making applications. Clause 2 of this Bill states requirements that an individual has to meet when making an application for an advertisement. For example, whoever wants to advertise must supply and even show the owner of the site where such the advertisement will be placed. In this case, a letter from the Kenya National Highways Authority (KeNHA) as well as the plan where such an advertisement will be displayed will be required because in the past, we have seen some people just placing advertisements anywhere, including on top of buildings. By so doing, they affect other businesses. The requirements in Clause 5 will ensure that adverts do not cause any obstruction, for example, on roads where one is not able to see oncoming vehicles or hinder someone‘s business. We have seen cases where someone places an advertisement to the extent of blocking businesses or on top of another and that is obstruction. Clause 6 of this particular Bill specifies the number of days that somebody has to wait before an application is considered. In the past, an application would be made and someone would wait for days without end without knowing reasons why the application was not successful. For this particular case, it has specified that within 14 days of receipt of an application, somebody will have to receive a report as to whether they were considered or not."
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