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"content": "our time for no reason. Why are we giving them so much time? They will not even have time to sit down with this Guild. So, Sen. Eddy, do away with this role. We do not need the Cabinet Secretary to be involved in everybody's business. That is why I keep on saying, we are over-regulating for no reason. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, in reference to the Guild, when you say in No.7(b)- “Conduct labour market surveys and mapping exercise of person involved in the creative industry, and put in place the most appropriate strategic strategies that facilitate the development of the creative industry.” This is why I keep on saying, we are over-regulating and over-legislating. Allow this industry to self-regulate. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, if today you ask me to give you a list of all Maasai secular and gospel artists, I will give it to you because I have an interest in them. I have two interests in them. Every time I have an event, I know who to invite, so that I can support them. The private sector can play a critical role here. Every so often, you see Citizen Television, Radio Citizen and other radio stations doing roadshows. They hire the services of these artists to market their stations. So, let them self-regulate. The only thing that I could probably support is that every county government should have a record of the artists, but not set up a Guild that goes out to map. You are mapping, yet they are coming up every day. They are doing collaborations with artists in South Africa, Tanzania and Uganda. This is not necessary. Instead, this Guild should engage the private sector, so that in Narok County, we have a performance center, where on a daily basis, you have five or six artists who are going there, sell tickets and let them go. New York, around the world, is the place where in one street, you will find so many artists performing. There are orchestras. The private sector is playing a key role. We forget the power of the private sector. Let us fight to have a small government and allow the private sector to build this economy. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, what I like a bit about the role of this Guild is on (d). It says- “To collaborate with relevant institutions to facilitate the protections of the intellectual property rights of creative artists through sensitization and awareness programmes and facilitate the registration of works produced by creative artists.” If you ask me, that makes sense absolutely, because of copyright issues. However, today, you will find the Copyright Society of Kenya (CSK) sitting down to have coffee with the Communications Authority of Kenya (CAK). Before you realize, everybody is asked to pay money and when you follow through, you will find that that CSK, which is legislated by this House, has a bunch of few people who make all that money. The Guild can now say, artists have a choice, they can have their own channel, play their music and when they do, they should find a way for people to pay them. Secondly, I like the fact that we protect the intellectual property rights. I wish we were thinking like this when we, the Maasai, for instance, were talking about our rungus, 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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