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"content": "Each piece, every Sunday, you read George Kegoro's article, he was pocketing some good money. That is what we want for our young, talented professionals. I do not know whether Cleophas Malala, who was a Senator with us here and who pens plays that are sometimes controversial, but plays that capture the imagination of the nation, gets any earnings from writing those plays. Nonetheless, if you have a law like this that takes care of all these talented Kenyans, somebody will earn an income. I am sure it is not just Malala who can write plays. However, if people know that the country recognises their talent, they know that if you write a play, there are chances that you will make good money that may change your fortunes, you will attract many people. I always wonder, when I grew up, I knew of Bata Bullets, a company that made shoes in Limuru. However, the Nike boots that are used for making football are not associated with any company in Kenya. Therefore, if people are creative enough, we can also come up with a new invention. We can create a new brand of football boots that is made in Kenya through a company like Bata bullets. There are many musicians who are young. In Kisii, I know there is one called Omosayansi. I have mentioned Embarambamba. All these guys sing songs, but if you visit their homes, there is nothing to show for it, compared to other celebrities like Maria Carey, who have made good money from singing and the likes. I want to support this Bill by Sen. Eddy. I hope that it can be enacted into law, so that our locals can enjoy. I hope the Government will support them. Let us give them some tax waivers for a while and ensure we make our young people smile. Madam Temporary Speaker, as somebody said, if we do not put money in the pockets of these young people, we are courting a revolution. This is one way of coming up with innovative ways of ensuring that our young people have money in their pockets. I carried a document that was tabled before the Committee on County Public Accounts and Investments (CPAC) by my County of Nyamira. When you look at it on the face of it, you will think that there is a group somewhere of youths or women that have benefited. If you look at the receipts that I have, it says ‘a cash sale from a group called Woteki Self-Help Group’. Madam Temporary Speaker, when you look at the receipt, it tells you that this group hired a Public Address System to the County Government of Nyamira, and they were paid Kshs25,000. However, I am sure, if you looked up, you would never find such a group called Woteki Self-Help Group. Nonetheless, if this is something that was truly happening on the ground, you would be saying; we are helping some people somewhere on the ground that have a talent 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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