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"speaker_name": "Sen. (Prof.) Kamar",
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"content": "Additionally, I am impressed by the incentives for creativity. The question is: who pays you to think? Who pays you to give an idea? Who pays you to nurture the idea? A young man told me that he was in Form 4 and he has an idea but he does not know how-- - I told him to protect it until he finishes his studies. Who will pay such a child, who has not even finished paying his school fees, to grow their idea to something? This is what this fund is going to do. I am excited that we will have a fund that will help our youth to nurture their talent. This Bill is timely because we are transitioning from the 8-4-4 system to the Competency Based Curriculum (CBC) system. The CBC system is full of creativity. In the CBC pathways, we have Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) pathway, social science pathway, and arts pathway. The Bill by Sen. Oketch Gicheru covers the arts pathway. Madam Temporary Speaker, have you ever asked yourself how football became an international game? Football was actually an idea of some community. It was a game in a community and it has become international and people earn money from it. Who has stopped us from creating other games that are ours? In Kenya, we are very good in music. Every community has a unique way of expressing itself through music. It is possible to create an international music festival. The problem we currently face is that our music is sometimes available on YouTube without payment. If someone wants to watch a Pokot dance, they can simply click and enjoy it, while the Pokot community gains nothing. It is important to gather and document our ideas for monetary value. When I read this Bill, I saw that it aims to transform our creativity, skills, and talent into financial and economic gain. I thought this is the time to integrate all our creative efforts into it. In other countries, you may be invited to an opera costing around $500, where people perform music for three hours, and they are paid for it. You might wonder, if we had such an event at the Bomas of Kenya for $500, audiences would experience Luhya, Kamba and Taita dances. That would generate solid revenue due to the creativity involved. What other countries showcase is nothing compared to what we have. However, they have packaged their creativity in a way that holds economic value. This is exactly what this Bill aims to achieve. It will protect our creativity and talents while showcasing them with value. This will add value not only to the country, but also individuals who stand to benefit from it. I am very impressed that we will have incubation programmes. Again, we must remember that our highly creative youth could easily be exploited. We were discussing exploitation, even between us and our sister House. When a Bill crosses over to the other House, it gets delayed, mutilated, altered, and then reintroduced. Creativity can be manipulated in the same way, mutilated and someone comes with other ideas. For this reason, it is excellent that we will have mentorship and protection for our children. Through these incubation programmes, we can safeguard individual creations. Naming a creation is essential, without a name, it does not truly exist. Once named, it becomes recognized as a product that belongs to its creator, allowing them to sell it and enjoy the benefits. Incubation programmes and mentorship are essential. 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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