George Gitonga Murugara

All parliamentary appearances

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• 3 Feb 2022 in National Assembly: It is important that we give them a bigger percentage of the rates, say, 52 per cent. It is very important that we actually set up a registry where they can walk in voluntarily, register their music and earn some money when the music is played. view
• 3 Feb 2022 in National Assembly: Why do I say that this is a pro-hustler legislation? I agree with the Mover and the Seconder that His Excellency the President has done a lot to try to boost the welfare of musicians. I say this cautiously because I come from Tharaka. It is part of the Ameru Community, but we are not famous for singing. Absolutely! They always laugh at us saying that the Ameru Community rants or hums instead of singing but we are coming up now. I have observed young musicians coming up with very nice hits which they put on YouTube. They are supposed ... view
• 3 Feb 2022 in National Assembly: While His Excellency the President has done a lot, we cannot fail to single out the work of his Deputy who has been moving around. The Deputy President, His Excellency, William Ruto, has been moving around the country supporting hustlers whether with money or in kind. This has happened and nobody can deny it. Believe me, I have seen Hon. Raila Odinga in track tops and meeting Kikuyu musicians in Central Kenya, but purely to attract crowds to his rallies, nothing else. At the end of the day, I am sure those people are given paltry payments, nothing to talk ... view
• 3 Feb 2022 in National Assembly: comes from, I have not seen him on tracks, I have not seen him with musicians. So, I am bound to conclude that the only reason Hon. Raila Odinga has Kikuyu musicians on tracks is purely to attract crowds to his rallies because if he does not do so, nobody will attend the rallies and he would be embarrassed. We must move away from that. We do not want to hear this being said. We need to support our musicians otherwise it is actually pure exploitation. You are trying to exploit a poor person so that you achieve your own ... view
• 3 Feb 2022 in National Assembly: However, with all that, we say that this is good legislation. Let us support it and let us ensure that our people and musicians... We are not as highly developed as the Western countries where musicians are dollar billionaires. Here you do one or two songs, you go bankrupt and we have to fundraise for you. Today, if we pass this legislation and we make it compulsory that anybody who plays music, including radio stations... The Hon. Mover singled out Royal Media Services. They are also well known to play music that is pirated knowing to well that pirating is ... view
• 3 Feb 2022 in National Assembly: With those very many remarks, let us pass this legislation. Let every leader genuinely support the people who make music. They are down trodden. We should ensure their rights are protected so that they can also come up. That is why we talk about bottom-up, that is, rising from the bottom coming upwards in order to lead a decent life like those other people who live decent lives. Most of the guys who say that they speak for the poor are the advocates of the trickle-down economic model in which riches trickle from up there down into the hands of ... view
• 5 Jan 2022 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Hon. Speaker. Hon. T.J. Kajwang’ may have misrepresented issues. Under Standing Order No.30, the business of the House was to come to a close at midnight. It should not have been extended because it was gazetted until that time. What happened is that a few minutes to midnight, there was the issue of Division as regards to Hon. Alice Wahome’s amendment. The Speaker rightly read Standing Order No.30 (5) and said that the House could not rise at the time because there was a Division in progress. Therefore, the extension past midnight was to ensure that ... view
• 22 Dec 2021 in National Assembly: May I explain myself? view
• 22 Dec 2021 in National Assembly: I do not want the Leader of the Majority Party to distract me because I am a Member of the Justice and Legal Affairs Committee and the Chairman is here. For sure, we did not schedule a meeting to discuss this Bill. view
• 22 Dec 2021 in National Assembly: Do not shout, we did not schedule a meeting to discuss this Bill. view