Amos Kimunya

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1771 to 1780 of 6175.

• 18 Feb 2021 in National Assembly: Basically, the Bill provides for the establishment of the Kenya National Library Service. The previous Bill only looked at the board, but this one creates a national library service and provides a number of functions which are all listed within the Bill. It is a very comprehensive list of functions under Clause 5, which go a long way in defining what it can do or what it seeks and Parliament empowers it to do through enactment of this Bill. Let me highlight some of them and the fundamental one is to equip, develop, manage and maintain the Kenya National Library ... view
• 18 Feb 2021 in National Assembly: One of the other functions, and I am picking the key ones because there are many others, is to liaise with other Government agencies to ensure compliance by publishers with the Books and the Newspapers Act. It is up to the National Library Service to ensure compliance and be the central depository of what has been published in Kenya. It also carries out and encourages research in development of libraries and related services, promotes reading for knowledge, information, enjoyment through stimulation of public interest in books and participation in campaigns for eradication of illiteracy. The founding fathers of the country ... view
• 18 Feb 2021 in National Assembly: One of the other functions, and I am picking the key ones because there are many others, is to liaise with other Government agencies to ensure compliance by publishers with the Books and the Newspapers Act. It is up to the National Library Service to ensure compliance and be the central depository of what has been published in Kenya. It also carries out and encourages research in development of libraries and related services, promotes reading for knowledge, information, enjoyment through stimulation of public interest in books and participation in campaigns for eradication of illiteracy. The founding fathers of the country ... view
• 18 Feb 2021 in National Assembly: eradicate illiteracy unless we adopt a reading culture. It is actually in search for knowledge that people remove the things that hinder them from thinking straight, or things that hinder them from opening their minds to see the bigger picture especially now with what is happening in social media and televisions. You hardly see our young Kenyans reading books but they are glued to televisions, phones or social media and very few would be reading any article of academic interest. So, the Kenya National Library Service would then have as one of its functions promotion of a reading culture. view
• 18 Feb 2021 in National Assembly: eradicate illiteracy unless we adopt a reading culture. It is actually in search for knowledge that people remove the things that hinder them from thinking straight, or things that hinder them from opening their minds to see the bigger picture especially now with what is happening in social media and televisions. You hardly see our young Kenyans reading books but they are glued to televisions, phones or social media and very few would be reading any article of academic interest. So, the Kenya National Library Service would then have as one of its functions promotion of a reading culture. view
• 18 Feb 2021 in National Assembly: Another thing that it is hoped to do is to establish and maintain a national agency for administering international standard serial numbers for books, music and others. Every book we read will have International Standard Serial Number (ISSN) which authenticates the book and ensures it is original material by the author hence has a global reference that people can quote works of art and works of literature. This will be part of the responsibility of the Kenya National Library Service. view
• 18 Feb 2021 in National Assembly: Another thing that it is hoped to do is to establish and maintain a national agency for administering international standard serial numbers for books, music and others. Every book we read will have International Standard Serial Number (ISSN) which authenticates the book and ensures it is original material by the author hence has a global reference that people can quote works of art and works of literature. This will be part of the responsibility of the Kenya National Library Service. view
• 18 Feb 2021 in National Assembly: It will also publish the Kenya National Bibliography and Kenya Periodicals Directory among other things. Further, we also know that technology has changed the manner in which libraries operate, and this Bill seeks to establish a National Virtual Library Service and a National Webcast to publish catalogues for all branches so that people can access this information from the comfort of their homes, offices and see the material that is available in the library, where it is and tap into it as they enrich their academic journeys and research. view
• 18 Feb 2021 in National Assembly: It will also publish the Kenya National Bibliography and Kenya Periodicals Directory among other things. Further, we also know that technology has changed the manner in which libraries operate, and this Bill seeks to establish a National Virtual Library Service and a National Webcast to publish catalogues for all branches so that people can access this information from the comfort of their homes, offices and see the material that is available in the library, where it is and tap into it as they enrich their academic journeys and research. view
• 18 Feb 2021 in National Assembly: The Departmental Committee on Sports, Culture and Tourism looked at this Bill. I wish to commend them for the work they put into it. They tabled their Report on their consideration. The Committee, in the Report, has indicated it carried out public participation, it received submissions from the State Department for Culture and Heritage as well as the Kenya Library and Information Professionals Association. Indeed, the Committee considered them and made observations and I am aware they will be moving some amendments to the Bill at an appropriate time. view