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    "id": 1323774,
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    "speaker_name": "Nominated, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Irene Mayaka",
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    "content": "was particularly used in Asian countries. They sought copyright for this particular item yet it is in the public domain that the item originated and was designed by Kenyans. I remember there was such a big fracas on that particular issue but finally Kenya got the rights of the name. Because of such issues, I urge the Committee to consider that, as a country, we have a watermark that has ‘Brand Kenya’ for items we export. This is because we do have non-Kenyans who would love to own Kenyan cultural items. The watermark will ensure that even if these items are sold, especially in large scale, to other countries, it will be well-known that they originate from Kenya. The second issue that I would like us to consider is to ask ourselves, as Kenyans, what these cultural items that we export to other countries are. What are these things that are known specifically to the Kenyan culture? Allow me to give an example of the famous jollof rice from Nigeria. While Nigeria has jollof rice, Kenya has a similar cuisine we call pilau . Tanzanians claim the naming rights of pilau as well. This is one of the things that we need to protect and copyright because culture is also about the food of our country. Ugali, githeri and how we prepare fish is our food culture. We need to take further steps to ensure that we also copyright our cuisines. If a visitor comes to this country and wants to have a Kenyan meal, in essence what is a Kenyan meal? We need to know what these things are and protect them. The National Museums of Kenya has done a very good job in terms of preserving some of the things that are dear to us. For example, they have preserved the bones of the Maasai 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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