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    "id": 849412,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Getrude Musuruve Inimah",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, thank you for giving me the opportunity to support this Bill. I want to commend the Senate Majority Leader for bringing this Bill to the Floor of the House. As Kenyans and as a nation, we should look for ways of encouraging creativity among our youth and our people. The youths have ideas that you cannot even think of. You cannot know what is in someone‘s mind but when they bring it out in the public and it ends up being useful, there is need to acknowledge them more so if it is an idea that will go a long way in helping many people. Idea creation is very important. In some organizations, people actually get jobs because of the ideas that they have and not anything else. One can come up with an idea that can take an organization very far. Therefore, there is need to protect people‘s ideas and intellectual properties. It is intangible but when people come in the open and share their ideas, we need to encourage them by ensuring that their ideas are protected. When they are protected, there is need for a trademark to show that someone is the brainchild of that idea. I support the idea of protecting literary work, art work, paint work and so on. We have had cases where people have come up with literary work that is important yet they lack the network to market their products and this includes the young ones. You will find a youngster, who is an artist and does a wonderful job, but does not have the network to sells his work yet there is someone who knows where to get the connection for the idea to be taken very far. This also happens to literary work. One can even come up with a noble idea that can help this nation or people but they do not have people to connect them to the right person to run with that idea. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, that person will die of poverty. A person will come with the same idea and go far with it. It is very painful for the person who had the original ideal to end up in poverty while the other person swims in money. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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