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"content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker Sir, I support the Creative Economic Support Bill 2024. I wish it had been called The Creative Economy and Innovation Support Bill, 2024. I hope at the Committee of the Whole Sen. Eddy should allow us to amend. Before I make my comments, pass my deepest condolences to one of the secular, legendary musicians from the Kalenjin Community called Solomon Manori, who just passed on the other day. My condolences to the family and friends for the untimely demise. When the Kenya Broadcasting Corporation (KBC) used to broadcast from Kisumu, his songs were synonymous with it alongside Kipchamba and many others who have done their job. I did not see in this Bill how to celebrate them even by naming places, roads or Government buildings after them both county and national, because they are doing a great job. They have given us a name. Even the people who sang the national anthem gave a lot to this country. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."
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"content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, after stressful campaigns, engagement with the people in harambees and funerals, when you get into your car, you listen to some songs. You scroll through TikTok and you see what is happening. Nowadays, it is no longer fashionable to watch traditional news at designated time. You already get that news live. For us who have received Christ as our personal savior, I normally put the song of Joyce Langat, who I think comes from your county, and I get blessed and encouraged after the rough terrain of politics, especially after a meeting or so. I am happy that the President has pushed for monetizing of the content creation, especially in TikTok, Facebook and X, among other social media sites. Entertainment is one of the relaxing opportunities. In 2021, according to Kenya National Bureau of Statistics, Kenyans spent a whopping Kshs278 billion in entertainment. So, there is money. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, you are aware that 35 per cent of our population is young. As per the statistics of 2022, 2.9 million Kenyans are without a job and most of these are young people. The only way is no longer traditional blue or white collar jobs or farming, but to give them opportunity to use the creative economy to place themselves. I am happy I have heard the Mover of the Motion, Sen. Eddy, speaking about the royalties that are being paid through Music Copyright Society of Kenya (MCSK). We have had similar complaints. I remember there is even a Kalenjin, Kamba and a Luo Music Association group that I saw. One interesting thing is that these musicians or content creators are not poor. I saw Prince Indah in Migori doing a grand wedding. I am told the influencers and the rich in this country spend up to Kshs40 million in weddings. An average wedding now is Kshs1.5 to Kshs3.5 million. Most of it, apart from attire, is spent on procuring the venue and food, one of the critical things is entertainment. That is why you will invite maybe MC Japhe or DJ Nosh, and they will mix a few songs. I think there was a famous Kalenjin musician called Rhino Kaboom, may his soul rest in peace. If you had an opportunity to invite him, he would ensure there is ‘Kaboom’ in the wedding. They earned their money. I am told, apart from photography and videography, which is Kshs150,000, they are paid up to and above Kshs50,000 or Kshs60,000. Similarly, there is a famous MC who used to work in Kass FM, called Excellency Kemei. He is paid up to Kshs60,000. Sen. Eddy, most of those in the creative industry are being paid more than a P1 teacher. There is a guy called Probox where I come from. I think he comes from Kericho. They are being paid Kshs50,000 per MC for a normal wedding; what about the corporate? Therefore, there is money. I want to challenge the young people. What I am happy about Sen. Eddy is, he has proved to be very sharp in this session, and grown in leaps and bounds. Courtesy of the Broad-based Government, he is now a Chairperson. I saw him behaving like a Chairperson over the weekend, which is very good because he is bringing the dignity of House as the Chairperson of the Committee on Roads and Transportation."
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"content": "He has become a Chairperson. I remember, after the first Senator in the last session passed on when he was fighting with the current governor, we were excited to have the young man who was supposed to come. Nonetheless, I am happy God has been gracious to him. These are the real issues. I want the young people across the country to celebrate and appreciate Sen. Eddy for this serious trade mark, so that we do not appear like we do not talk about youth issues. This Creative Economy Support Bill is one of the life-changing Bills. It is bringing order and sanity with this creative economy for the young people. The biggest beneficiaries will be the young people. Whenever I walk into the village during the weekends, young people will ask me, ‘ Mheshimiwa, we have not heard you speaking about youth issues.’ This is one of the youth issues we are discussing. We want to bring order and sanity within the creative economy area. Therefore, I want to propose that for startups, we need to do tax exemptions. Likewise, in sports industry, we have been pushing that the awards that the athletes win outside the country, must be given tax exemptions. They are subjected to double taxation because Facebook or Meta Company taxes them. Why is it that the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) wants to tax them again? We need to give them tax exemptions according to the principle we use for the sports and athletics, where we say since our award has been taxed in the winning country, there is no need for the KRA to come and tax again. I am happy with this issue of royalties. At least, our musicians or artists are now living in dignity. I want to challenge Sen. Eddie that even as we propose this Bill, we must audit the Music Copyright Society of Kenya on royalties. People like Joel Kimeto have sung for long, Sweetstar. There are many of them like Chelele and Kipchumba, may their souls rest in peace. We even have what we call Kaptel Moran dancers who are invited to state functions and they are only given Kshs10,000 or Kshs20,000. It is embarrassing after enjoying their songs. Madam Temporary Speaker, I am happy the President mentioned that going into the future, we will get cheaper phones. When you walk around the National Archives here in Nairobi, especially on weekends, you will find young people using drones and their phones in shooting. Therefore, I am requesting that we zero rate the cameras, phones and videography, so that our young people can shoot some of these short videos to upload on TikTok, Facebook and Twitte r and ensure that they earn something. One of the things that we were taught in the Literature Class, was that this is Kioo"
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"content": ". Allow me with your indulgence to quote that. Nowadays, we have changed the literature aspect of passing a message through the TikTok, Facebook, Twitter, and"
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"content": "or X as people prefer social media. While we appreciate that young people have been given opportunity to shoot within the city without harassment, we want to see that applied in most counties. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."
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