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    "id": 1088649,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Chepalungu, CCM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Gideon Koske",
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        "legal_name": "Gideon Kimutai Koske",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. On the issue about artists, this House should have the first priority in protecting them because most of them are the ones who entertained our electorates and made us to be here. Almost 80 per cent of the Members, in one way or another, passed through the hands of artists. Chepalungu is known in Kenya to be the best in terms of Kalenjin songs by a music group called Sweet Sons . They sing across the Rift Valley. Hon. Speaker, you once came to my constituency when you were a Member of Parliament and you were entertained by the late Kipchamba and other artists. The biggest trouble for artists comes from bodies like the Music Copyright Society of Kenya (MCSK) and the Kenya Association of Music Producers. There is another one called Brisk and others. All these bodies have taken the largest share of money that could have benefited the artists. On the skiza tunes, a mobile service provider like Safaricom remits the correct figures to bodies which have signed contracts with the artists. So, the bodies take the larger share in the name of being the ones who fight for their shares, but in reality, songs of the artists are the ones that are making them get the money. Right now, in my constituency, Chebunyo Market is the biggest. The market is one of the hotspots of the Coronavirus. Before, in a week, we could hear of only one person being infected with the virus. So, the market has been shifted to the neighbouring Narok County, 300 metres away from Chebunyo Market, and there is a new market. So, since we cannot have this virus killing people in Chebunyo, it has now shifted to Narok County which is not our mother county. We need to fight for the artists. Thank you."
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