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    "id": 1496297,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1496297/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Webuye West, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Daniel Wanyama",
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    "content": " Hon. Temporary Chairman, I beg to move: THAT, the Schedule to the Bill be amended in the proposed amendments to the Copyright Act (Cap. 130) by- 1. by deleting the proposed amendments to Section 46B. The justification is that the amendment inserts a new subsection (1)(a) which seeks to give power to the Board of Directors of a Collective Management Organisation (CMO) to co- opt persons with professional expertise. This amounts to micromanaging the CMOs by directing in legislation how they should conduct their management affairs. The proposed new subsection (5) is not necessary as it is a restatement of the provision of regulation 16(c) of the Copyright Collective Management Regulation, which provides that a general meeting shall decide the appointment and dismissal of the organisation's officials, review the officials' performance and approve their remuneration and other benefits. The proposed new subsections (6), (7) and (8), which provide that a person convicted of an offence shall not be eligible to be appointed as a board member or staff of a CMO may be contained in the CMO's constitution, noting that CMOs are private entities. Hon. Temporary Chairman, I beg to move: THAT, the Schedule to the Bill be amended in the proposed amendments to the Copyright Act (Cap. 130) by- deleting the proposed amendment to Section 46C. The justification…"
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