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    "id": 876769,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/876769/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Sakaja",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Johnson Arthur Sakaja",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, kindly allow me to add on to that request for a statement by Sen. Omanga because it is a very important issue in this country. We have a lot of talented young people who are involved in arts. These are musicians, producers, and performers. Mr. Speaker, Sir, this category of Kenyans who are hugely talented have been taken for a ride, for a long time. Can the Chairperson, in his response, tell us which stations are paying and those that are not paying royalties to musicians? Our radio and television (TV) stations are playing this music every day. However, a certain category are not paying royalties to our artists and musicians. Secondly, can he tell us if the Government, through the Copyright Board, has instituted a monitoring mechanism, so that each and every artist on his own can tell how many times his or her song has been played and by who? They need to know at the end of the month what money is owed to them out of their music. Thirdly, can he also tell us from the sikiza platform which transacts billions monthly, what percentage of the revenue of sikiza tunes are going to our musicians? The last time I checked, out of Kshs1, the musician gets less than 10 per cent for his song. The 90 per cent is being shared in taxes and by Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSP) which are the companies and the CMOs. What can he do to make sure that we know the rate that the musicians are getting? From that, how can we improve it so that the person who benefits the most from music is the actual performer who has gone to studio, has a talent and who has produced music?"
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