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    "id": 1564104,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Mungatana, MGH",
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    "content": "were making it clear that they want to be paid Kshs20,000 for the performances per group and not Kshs5,000 because it is exploitative. The Master of Ceremonies (MC) took the nod from there. As he was making his announcements and whatever, he said: “Bw. Gavana, hata sisi ma-MCs msitusahau.” Those who perform as MCs and traditional dancers are creatives. They said that they are being exploited, but they need to be given a proper rating card. This Bill is an answer to those concerns and I am happy to be the one seconding it. It is a practical thing because I have seen it happen. As you all know, what we normally do is to join traditional dancers, dance with them and give them some money. That is not sustainable to the creative economy in our counties. We need to do something about it. How do we rate traditional dancers and how much do we pay them? How do we rate our MCs and how much do we pay them? How do we rate our local Deejays and how much do we pay them? How do we rate our acrobatic dancers when they come to dance before us and how much do we pay them? What about those who have the ability to make drums speak to us? The drums are beaten in such a way that you feel sad or happy. The drums are able to communicate. How much do we rate those creatives and how much do we pay them? In our community, we have what we call ngware songs. That is a very emotional kind of singing. I happen to be a patron of that group. This is not for young people, but those who are old. People sit throughout the night and sing in a certain way. They sing about their old achievements like how they met what you call your grandmother. They speak about days of valour like how they went to hunt crocodiles and hippos and how they fought in tribal wars. They speak about those great and mighty days like how the land was so beautiful and how it used to produce a lot. The fish were not as small as they are now. They speak about what used to come out of the land. The food was a lot and coconuts were bigger. Ngware songs are not written; they are passed from generation to generation. Those are creatives. How do we pay them? This Bill is an answer to what we have been experiencing within our counties and what needs to be addressed now. This is a good attempt at creating a system that will recognise creatives and make it possible for them to earn a living from what they do best. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, creative economies are not restricted to our counties and in Kenya alone. In Europe, they are known as cultural economies. Some refer to them as cultural industries. In Latin America, they are known as the orange economy. Here, we refer to them as the creative economy. This Bill is about supporting the creative economy. What are we going to do to make people reasonable earnings from the creative economy? This is a good Bill. I also want to thank those who have started doing something even without any form of legislation. What Citizen Television does through the Skiza Tunes is that they use songs by artists who tell people to subscribe because it is good for them as an industry. We want to pay tribute to those who have gone before, those who are doing something and those who are helping our creatives to start earning money. Some of the stations like"
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