Col (Rtd) Ali Rasso Dido

All parliamentary appearances

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• 16 Mar 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. I rise to support this amendment. Recently on the Floor of this House, we passed the Clinical Officers Bill and bringing such an amendment to this important Bill gives it effect. We also recognise the contribution of clinical officers in our health sector. view
• 16 Mar 2017 in National Assembly: Yes. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I beg to move--- The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 16 Mar 2017 in National Assembly: Yes, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. view
• 16 Mar 2017 in National Assembly: I am a ranking Member of that Committee. view
• 16 Mar 2017 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I beg to move the following Motion: THAT, this House adopts the Report of the Departmental Committee on Defence and Foreign Relations on the Marrakesh Treaty to facilitate access to published works for persons who are blind, visually impaired or otherwise print disabled, laid on the Table of the House on Thursday, 1st December, 2016, and pursuant to Section 8 of the Treaty Making and Ratification Act, approves the ratification of the Marrakesh Treaty to facilitate access to published works for persons who are blind, visually impaired or otherwise print disabled. This is a very important ... view
• 16 Mar 2017 in National Assembly: WIPO Performance and Phonograms Treaty, WIPO Copyright Treaty and the Beijing Treaty on Audiovisual Performance. If this House approves, and by extension, ratifies this Treaty, it will allow authorised entities, usually libraries or NGOs in one country to send accessible format books directly to authorised entities or blind individuals in another country and allow for the unlocking of digital locks on electronic books for the benefit of the blind. Individuals who are blind or visually impaired are found in this country, but many of them who do not have access to reading materials are often poor. They live in rural ... view
• 16 Mar 2017 in National Assembly: More than 90 per cent of all published material in the world is not accessible to the blind or partially sighted individuals. We need to produce these materials in accessible formats such as braille; large prints or audio edition but the current copyright rules do not allow this. This also limits the number of books to which blind students can have access to, to further their studies and training. The World Blind Union (WBU), an organisation bringing together all organisations of unions of the blind globally has led the international campaign in partnership with the WIPO to achieve the development ... view
• 16 Mar 2017 in National Assembly: I will now move to the object and subject matter of the Marrakesh Treaty. The Treaty will facilitate access to published works for persons who are blind, visually impaired or otherwise print-disabled. It has a clear humanitarian and social development dimension and its main goal is to create a set of mandatory limitations and exceptions for the benefit of the blind, visually impaired and otherwise print-disabled. What is the constitutional implication of Kenya ratifying the Marrakesh Treaty? The Marrakesh Treaty does not impose any amendment to our Constitution. The Treaty does not also have any effect on any of our ... view
• 16 Mar 2017 in National Assembly: With regard to the obligation imposed on Kenya by the Marrakesh Treaty, I would say that the Treaty requires the contracting parties to fulfil two main obligations when implementing it at the national level, although they may do so according to their own legal system. The first is The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 16 Mar 2017 in National Assembly: to provide for a limitation or an exception to copyright in order to allow beneficiaries and authorised entities to undertake any changes needed to make a copy of our work in accessible format for persons who are print-disabled. Secondly, it is to allow the exchange across borders of those accessible copies produced according to the limitations and exceptions provided under the Marrakesh Treaty or in accordance with the operations of the laws of the adopting country. I will now move the requirement for the implementation of the Marrakesh Treaty. The Treaty requires the amendment of Section 26 of the Copyright ... view