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    "id": 768822,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/768822/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Dido",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 2749,
        "legal_name": "Col (Rtd) Ali Rasso Dido",
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    "content": "carrier. If that carrier is penalised because somebody is posting their music, their books or whatever talent on them, we will be penalising the wrong person. I also think that the Copyright (Amendment) Bill will address the media and other areas of reproduction and distribution of other people’s efforts without seeking permission from the original author of a particular talent. In Kenya, it is common knowledge that artists are very poor. They are poor because the knowledge and the energy that they have invested in, Kenyans have never tried to put a penny on it. We have seen fellows who are household names, when they die, they die poor. It calls for people to do some Harambees so that their bodies are properly interned. Through this Bill, such efforts should be addressed so that those individuals gain from their talents. One of the things which I seek to amend is the issue of the post of Executive Director. In the Bill it is said that individuals must hold Masters of Law Degree, primarily in the field of Intellectual Property Rights. Unless the drafter of the Bill has somebody in mind, it should never be expressed that way particularly when the threshold of education is well specified, it beats the general principle of how individuals can be appointed to public offices. Finally, as I said earlier, this is a good Bill. It shows progress in the Copyright Act. The Copyright Act has not been amended for a very long time. For the progression that this Bill provides, I beg to support."
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