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    "id": 1144398,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Gladys Wanga",
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    "content": "I want to give an overview of this Bill. It was published on 6th October 2021. It was read the First Time on the Floor of this House on 4th November 2021. This Bill seeks to deal with the injustices that have been meted on our artists. One of the major resources that we, as a country, have is the creative industry. Our artists spend a lot of time and energy. They are splendid and world-class. They have won awards on the international stage. There are counties in this country such as Murang’a where you will be told that their “cash crop” is music. Think of all the artists who have come from there, including the late De Mathew and others. If one county has coffee and another one, say, Homa Bay County has fish, then Murang’a County has music artists as its major “cash crop”. Artists are outstanding, but the paradox is whether they get to earn what they deserve from the music or the art that they put out there. This is what this Copyright (Amendment) Bill seeks to deal with. We need, as a country, to put our artists where they belong. Sadly, many artists are celebrities by name. They will tell you when you meet them out there that they are celebrities. Indeed, they look good, but back home they live from hand to mouth. There are artists who have said that in the evening when they come back home from the big stages where they perform, they want to hide because they do not want their neighbours to know 'this big person that I see' actually lives with me in this same plot. This is what this Bill is seeking to deal with to a certain extent."
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