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    "id": 696700,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/696700/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Chepkong’a",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 1154,
        "legal_name": "Samuel Kiprono Chepkonga",
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    "content": "This one is a Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill that touches on the county governments and, therefore, it will be going to the Senate after we pass it. As rightly mentioned by the Leader of the Majority Party, this Bill seeks to amend certain sections of the principal legislations that are minor in nature and do not necessarily require publication of separate Bills with respect to the particular principal legislations. Hon. Speaker, the proposal to amend the Copyright Act of 2001 is seeking to ensure that performers and producers of sound recordings are remunerated properly. Our artists have been exploited and their talents used without proper remuneration. This is to ensure that these artists are encouraged to continue to produce, record and produce music that is in consonance with the times we are in. As we know, this is an industry that is well developed in the First World, where people make a lot of money using their talents. We have seen many artists being very successful. They have enriched themselves for the benefit of society. They have also used that money to assist the less fortunate in the society. Although our artists produce many songs and perform, they are not well remunerated. They are below the international standards. This legislation will, therefore, ensure that we are at par with the international standards."
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