Aden Bare Duale

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• 5 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: (a) be independent of control by government, political interests or commercial interests; The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 5 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: (b) reflect the interests of all sections of the society; and view
• 5 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: (c) set media standards and regulate and monitor compliance with those standards.” This is the body that this Bill formed. I saw the former Vice-President and the great Senator saying that we withdraw the Bill. If we withdraw the Bill and a Kenyan goes to court, this House will be dissolved. view
• 5 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: I thought the former Vice-President and Leader of Government Business, who played a big role in the making of the Constitution, understood this. There are laws that must be passed within the three years of the enactment of the new Constitution. view
• 5 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: So, what the Chair of the Committee is saying is; we want to have dialogue as we wait for the President either to assent or to send back the Bill. We want to have dialogue and we want to call all the stakeholders; the legal practitioners, the Editors’ Guild, the Media Owners Association and so on. We want to sit with the Committee and go through the Bill clause by clause and see which section is draconian? view
• 5 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, Sir, you cannot say, for example, the Finance Bill is draconian. We want to sit down with the media fraternity, they are very important in our country. We want to move without emotions. I want the media to hear me. The Media Owners Association led by one Kiprono Kittony, as the Chair he should not run away from his responsibility. He appeared before the Departmental Committee on Energy, Communication and Information and he gave his share. We have the document; Kiprono Kittony should not continue to chair that Association. The Media Owners Association should look for another chair. ... view
• 5 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, Sir, the minutes are there. Our committees keep minutes, but in a nutshell we want to sit with the media because we are making laws for posterity. We do not want laws that will injure any sector of our country. We want to make laws for posterity. We want the Committee and the leadership of Parliament to sit and agree so that when the Bill is returned, Kenya gets the best media law. We want to make sure that Kenya gets the best media law that will make sure democracy and good governance is entrenched. view
• 5 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: I think Parliament has a role under the Constitution and nobody can deny us our role. The Media Council Bill is coming for the Second Reading this week. It is a totally different Bill. Somebody was saying that there are already amendments on the Media Council Bill. There are no amendments on the Media Council Bill. Hon. Members received a report on the Bill. We are going to debate it during the Second Reading and we will ask even the media and other stakeholders to forward their input. view
• 5 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Let us also prepare our concerns so that as we move to the Third Reading we make sure that all the concerns of the industry are taken on board. view
• 5 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker, Sir. view