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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cheruiyoy",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Majority Leader",
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    "content": "of investment that has been put in such a facility, then you understand and begin to appreciate that we are joking here by squeezing our creatives at the National Theatre, a very small, crowded, neglected space and very little incentives to them. I hope that when this guild is created, the first duty will be to advise the Cabinet Secretary on the review of the formulation of policies and legislation relating to the creative industry. I do not think this is something that we even need to wait for this law to go through the rostrums of Parliament before we can do some of these things. There are many parts of the world, Indonesia, for example, that have appreciated the contribution of the creative space into the economy. They have set up an entire ministry that just looks out after this. People sit and they analyse the much they have earned from tourism. They continue investing in that sector so that it gives us this much. They know it has an optimal level beyond which there is nothing you can do. They know we earn this from the agriculture sector or even manufacturing. People sit down and crack their minds on what other sectors can thrive and make our economy work better. There is no other that presents a low-hanging fruit than the creative economy. I urge colleague Members to take the time to read and support this Bill. Let us expedite it so that we are able to give to the citizens of this Republic a piece of legislation that enables them to ply their trade and flourish, the way other parts of the world have allowed their citizens to exercise their talent, earn from it and employ others. One successful individual can employ tens of others just by the very act that we have supported them and allowed them to do many of these things. There are people who continue to troop to this country because of the beauty and the talent that exists in this Republic to make their contribution and earn a living out of this. Mr. Temporary Speaker Sir, it is my sincere hope that we shall come up with policies, Sen. Eddy, that will protect their talent, intellectual property, and contribution. It was interesting listening to Sen. Mungatana complain about what happened during that event in Tana River. I want to remind him also that he has failed because a few months ago, I asked him to bring to me the singer of that very famous United Democratic Alliance (UDA) Party national anthem from 2022. I know that they came from Tana River. I had asked because I saw a clip of them complaining somewhere. I had challenged you, Sen. Mungatana, that you bring them to my office, but up to now, you have not done it."
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