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"content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the statistics say that in Kenya, the creative economy is a vibrant and growing sector that contributes five per cent to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of Kenya, and it is creating many jobs. There are many young people who are earning a living just because they are able to tap into their talent, do something and earn a living from their innovation. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, this Bill has proposed many things and one of the things that I like is the creation of a specific fund. Towards the end of the Bill, there is a very good Fund that has been created and it might be the answer. Under Part Three of the Bill and the proposed Clause 20, there is the established Creatives Fund, which shall consist of monies that may be appropriated to the Fund by Parliament, grants, donations, bequests or other gifts made to the Fund. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, once this Creatives Fund is established, it is going to help many artists and creatives within our counties, to come up and support themselves, even as they wait for their songs to become a hit, and as their days of becoming matured actors are continuing. This Fund will help our creatives with the purchase of musical instruments, equipment for production and distribution of creative works. This Creatives Fund is a wonderful innovation. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, back in Tana River County, we have young men and women who are so talented, and every year, they have an annual festival where, they come together from all over the county. However, they have a constant request; they need equipment, a studio to record and production equipment. This Creatives Fund will help answer these questions that are faced by our people. When this Bill becomes law, our people, who are in the creative industry, will be able to access the Creatives Fund, which will assist them to grow their talent. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the Board that is created is the one that is given the responsibility to issue out the monies in this Creatives Fund, in forms of grants to persons in the creative industries, in accordance with a criteria determined by the Cabinet Secretary, by regulations. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, this is where I would like Sen. Eddy to pay attention. There is need, when we are doing the regulations, we do not leave it to the Cabinet Secretary alone. The Cabinet Secretary needs to be guided in the creation of the rules on how to disburse these funds, that, these funds will be disbursed to all the counties. That requirement needs to go into law, so that the Cabinet Secretary does not disburse only to the county where he comes from. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, it has become fashionable nowadays for a Cabinet Secretary to stand up and chest-thump that the monies that they have control or access to are doing development in their rural economies. This is why there is need to look at Clauses 20 and 21, so that the Cabinet Secretary who is in charge of the Creatives Fund, will be guided to know that if he has disbursed funds to Machakos County, he should also disburse funds to creatives in Tana River, Marsabit and Samburu counties. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, if this is not done, we might have a situation where the Cabinet Secretary only disburses funds to people within the big cities and counties. You will be hearing that it is Nairobi City, Mombasa, Nakuru, Kisumu and Eldoret, The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."
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