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    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1566417/?format=api",
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Oketch Gicheru",
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    "content": ". We sat together, had tea and envisioned what this could become. During public participation, many creatives contributed significantly to this Bill. Some of them include, John Kimani, Ezekiel Onyango, who is the chair of the association that deals with films in the industry, and Eric Omondi, who is very well known. We also had Nicky Big Fish, who provided extensive comments and Winnie Njenga, who is in the creative space in online content creation.Therefore, people who truly understand what creatives are going through contributed significantly to this Bill. I want to emphasize that as we approach the final stage, we will ensure that some of the proposed ideas that align with the thoughts of these creatives, who contributed overwhelmingly in the development of this Bill, are included in the amendments that will guide its subsequent stage. As a House, we must champion and fight for space for creatives to ensure that support is not limited to tokenism or some form of affirmative action. We should rather recognize that creatives, both generally and within their specific clusters, permeate the entire ecosystem of our economy. There is no industry that does not consume a piece of art or a contribution from creatives. You can recall that as we walked out of this House today with the former Prime Minister, I saw over 100 cameras pointed at us. If you observed those cameras, you could see the creative work happening, whether it be simple photography, which is a genre in"
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