Kipchumba Murkomen

All parliamentary appearances

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• 7 Nov 2018 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, I beg to move that the House do agree with the Committee on the said Report. I ask Sen. Olekina to second. view
• 7 Nov 2018 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I would like to move that The Food Security Bill (Senate Bill No. 12 of 2017) be now read a Third Time and request Sen. Wambua to second. view
• 7 Nov 2018 in Senate: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. We are confident that we will get the requisite number. The request we are making is that all the other three Bills reach that stage for Division, so that one Division bell is rung for the three Bills. view
• 7 Nov 2018 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I beg to move that The Copyright (Amendment) Bill (National Assembly Bills No.33 of 2017) be now read a Second Time. view
• 7 Nov 2018 in Senate: This is a very important Bill that is in the purview of intellectual property regime. Intellectual property is intangible. Most of us know property as tangible, which in most cases is land, houses and machinery. However, we have an array of intangible property that is supposed to be protected, that is, the work of the intellect or the mind of a human being. These works are protected in many forms. It can be in the form of industrial property or trademark. I can give an example of goods such as this water here that is written ‗Keringet.‘ This is a ... view
• 7 Nov 2018 in Senate: We also have copyright. Copyright law protects literally, musical and artistic works, including audio-visual works, sounds, recordings and broadcasts. Most of these are in published form, either written in a paper or book. It also includes music and artistic works in the form of drawings. For example, we have the famous artist Michelangelo whose works are celebrated up to now. They include the beautiful pictures that always hang in many houses and churches. We have the famous painting of the Last Supper, which also includes the painting of Mona Lisa among others. view
• 7 Nov 2018 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, it can be in the form of sound recordings, broadcasts and songs. As we know, the songs of persons like Michael Jackson were selling more after he died than when he was alive. He was able to bequeath to his estate a lot of resources that came from Sony records that had been sponsors. We have copyright protection for purposes of music, sound recordings and broadcasts. view
• 7 Nov 2018 in Senate: What you see on our screens here is copyrighted for purposes of Parliament and cannot be reproduced without the permission of Parliament. Depending on the agreement that Parliament has with the Kenya Broadcasting Corporation (KBC), there are shared rights in relation to this very important broadcast material that we have here. Copyright law, therefore, exists for purpose of protecting important work. view
• 7 Nov 2018 in Senate: Mr. TemporarySpeaker, Sir, you just completed your Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) the other day.I know for sure that you may want to publish that material into a book or a chapter in a journal article or as a book chapter elsewhere. Those are protected again as copyright because it is the original works of the author. view
• 7 Nov 2018 in Senate: The main purpose of this Bill is basically to domesticate the Marrakesh Treaty to facilitate access to published works for persons who are blind or visually impaired. Originally, because of the protection that is given to all copyright work, it was becoming The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view