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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Gladys Wanga",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, last year, this House joined hands together and ensured that taxes on the monies that were being paid on skiza tunes were removed. It was so that artists could earn more from the skiza tunes. I want to congratulate the Members who supported it. However, that is just one element. This amendment seeks to take it further. This amendment seeks to create a digital national registry where artists can register their content voluntarily. If you want to register your content, you will do so there. You will volunteer to register it. Once you register it, for any use of that content, there will be a prescribed fee that has to be paid. For example, Awiko, a young artist who originally comes from Homa Bay and plays Afrobenga, will register his music. If I want to play his music at my wedding, in my car, or wherever I play it, any time I access it there will be a fee that is automatically deducted from me. What does that do? That expands the base from which artists are going to make earnings. Right now, the Copyright Board and the institutions that go round to collect money on behalf of the artists only target matatus and hotels, but you will agree that these are not the only places where music is played. For example, I play a song all the time in my campaigns which says, “Jesus is working”, but I am just quiet! I play it all the time but the artist does not necessarily earn from that. Once we have this registry, any time and wherever I play that song I will have to be charged. Part of that money will also be paid to the artist in question. Therefore, this is going to be revolutionary for the creative industry. This is going to be a game changer for our artists. However, 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."
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