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    "id": 956539,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Makueni, WDM-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Daniel Maanzo",
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        "legal_name": "Daniel Kitonga Maanzo",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me an opportunity to add my voice to this very important debate. Intellectual property is a very important matter in the world today. In fact, there is something called International Trade Association (ITA) where the Parliament of Kenya is beginning to participate. In the last occasion, our Speaker accompanied by a few Members, mostly lawyers, attended this conference in the United States of America which deals with intellectual property. One time, the Speaker told me that in previous Parliaments he was very keen on this particular legislation because it has been missing in the country for quite some time. I am happy because this Treaty provides that Kenya can participate and protect talents. In one of the occasions, I attended the ITA meetings as a representative of the Departmental Committee of Trade, industry and Cooperatives and one of the cases illustrated was during the World Cup in South Africa where a song belonging to Zangalewa was used as the signature tune of the World Cup yet the Zangalewa people are languishing in poverty and their intellectual property had been stolen. So, volunteer lawyers went to court on behalf of Zangalewa and the singer agreed to settle the matter out of court. Today, the Zangalewa crew lives very well courtesy of a court case and international trade relations whereby this law is being applied in quite a number of countries. It is also the same with the famous Tanzanian singer, Rose Muhando, whose music would be copyrighted. Even before she performs here in Kenya, her CD would already be selling. So, by the time she has a big performance here, three quarters of her money goes with thieves. If you ask many musicians how much they earn out of the current structure we have now, you will be very surprised. A young man who was being interviewed on radio said for the last three months, he has only been paid Kshs2,500 and yet his music is being sold all over. There are many other court cases going on right now between Safaricom and individual artists there being an issue as The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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