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    "id": 1126300,
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    "speaker_name": ".Sen. Sakaja",
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    "content": "Chairperson of the Committee on Delegated Legislation and for us to complete this within the next one month because the drivers are restless. The second and last thing that was on digital hailing applications is on the issue of media stations; our broadcasters and Safaricom. There is a report that my committee is tabling because we look at issues of the creative industry and the creative economy is much related to ICT. Currently, our media houses owe our musicians more than Kshs600 million in unpaid royalties yet these media houses are being given their licenses. That is why when your child wakes up in the morning; what do they see as their entertainment? Alehandro from South America and all these Spanish soaps because they are not paying our local content producers; musicians, actors and film industry. Before renewal of any of these licenses, whether it is Citizen Television, Kenya Television Network (KTN) or Kenya Broadcasting Corporation (KBC), let them pay our musicians and artistes what they owe them. I thank Safaricom, because it has reviewed. This is a long fight we started with the late Bob Collymore. I thank H.E. President Uhuru Kenyatta because he is the one who pushed it from 16 per cent to the current rate of 40 per cent with the amendment on tax. We want the rate to get to 50 percent. As I finish, let me give you an illustration. When you bought a skiza tune on your phone in the past, the actual musician was getting less than 10 cents out of a shilling of their own work. The bulk of their profits was going to the Collective Management Organisation (CMO), content service providers and to other brokers. The payment rate for artist of Skiza tunes is now 40 per cent. Safaricom. I thank Ms. Sylivia Mulinge who gave me a commitment that by December our artistes should be getting 50 percent of the value. It should be even higher because part of the cost was for the Huawei Technology. Sen. Moi understands this issue very well. That infrastructure has been paid back so let us give our artistes what they deserve. They say part of the cost is the Huawei Technology. I know Sen. Moi understands this issue very well. That infrastructure has been paid back. Let us give our artists what they deserve. The entertainment and creative industry is a frontier for our economy. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, in many countries, the richest people are the musicians but in Kenya they are being given handouts and used for political rallies. They are the ones who should be donating to us and not the other way round. Sen. Moi, if you deal with those two things you would have done such a great job for this country. That will be the legacy of your Committee and I am sure that people will look at your presidential ambitions a bit more favourably. I know that your ambition is favourable already but these two things; digital hailing taxes and royalties and skiza tunes for our artists will convince us further. Sen. Moi, I thank you for the good job that you are doing in the Committee on Information, Communication and Technology (ICT)"
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