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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kang’ata",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I apologise. On the one in respect to the Copyright Act, 2001, I am not so certain as to whether the Memorandum of Objects and Reasons will be achieved by the proposal. I say that because when you look at the Memorandum of Objects and Reasons, the objective of amending this law is to provide a structured compensation to performers and producers of the sound recordings. When you look at the actual proposal, it provides to insert the words “and the compensation shall be collected by the board and distributed to the respective copyright collecting society”. My understanding of the proposal is that it is essentially adding more powers to the board. Therefore, it will be the board that will be collecting the compensation and then distributing to the respective copyright collecting society. I am not so certain as to how that is helping to make the so-called payments structured. Essentially, we should be asking ourselves whether it is desirable on our part, as Members of Parliament, to add more powers to the board. I am very doubtful as to whether a Government entity is more efficient in collecting compensation on behalf of members. Instead of empowering the board, we should have empowered the so-called respective copyright collecting societies. I say that because, one, there will be an issue of efficiency and corruption. We all know how Government agencies have a problem in collecting money on behalf of or from the public. The board which will now be collecting that compensation is not the actual owner of that money. The money belongs to the The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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