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    "id": 1144407,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kipipiri, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Amos Kimunya",
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        "legal_name": "Amos Muhinga Kimunya",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to second this important piece of legislation. I want to thank the Chairlady of the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning for the singular honor she has given me to second it. Indeed, it is rare that I am called upon to second any Bill. I am the one who calls upon people to second my Bills. It is quite an honour particularly because this is an issue that has been troubling this nation. We have talented young Kenyans who are innovative through writing pieces of music. They have done everything. However, we have heard of their frustration whereby all their proceeds of music are taken by people who then intervene on their behalf. A typical musician will enrol skiza tunes that we all hear at the other end of our phone calls, but when you look at who takes what in that arithmetic, you realise that they have been taking home less than 12 per cent of the proceeds while 88 per cent goes to other people! They do everything but get the least percentage. One of the proposals in this Bill, in Clause 3, is that that artist will now receive 52 per cent of the profit. At least, they should get more than 50 per cent of the profit. This should energise them to become more creative and to sort out their livelihoods, so that it is not just the telecommunication operator who ends up receiving everything. Now the telecommunication operator will be limited to 16 per cent and the premium rate service provider will get 7 per cent. At 52 per cent, the artists and their corporate holders will receive the lion’s share of the amount. The second reason as to why I am excited to second this Bill is that a couple of years back, when I was at the National Treasury, I met several artists who said that they were suffering because of taxes like Value Added Tax (VAT) and all those other taxes that were imposed on them. There were some who were performing at the Phoenix Theatre which has since collapsed. Young artists like the Member of Parliament for Dagoretti - at that time he was just fresh from university with the Redykulas show - got some exemptions so that they could at least perform without being harassed by Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA). They did not have to worry. They did not even 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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