15 Mar 2016 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. The unconstitutionality of this term is expressed under Article 11 of the Constitution where there is no reference to the 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.
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15 Mar 2016 in National Assembly:
word “traditional”. However, reference is made to the word “indigenous”. So, I would rather we take “indigenous knowledge” rather than “traditional knowledge”.
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15 Mar 2016 in National Assembly:
Article 11(2)(b) of the Constitution recognises the role of science and indigenous technologies in the development of the nation and promotion of intellectual property rights of the people of Kenya.
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15 Mar 2016 in National Assembly:
Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I looked at paragraph (a) as well. My concern is the use of the word “traditional” because it is limited to celebrations.
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15 Mar 2016 in National Assembly:
Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, the Kenya Copyright Board is established by an Act of Parliament. I do not understand why we should give such discretionary responsibilities to the Kenya Copyright Board instead of the Cabinet Secretary (CS) responsible for culture and national heritage for the time being. I oppose.
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15 Mar 2016 in National Assembly:
Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I support consultations, but we should recognise that we have other intermediary stakeholders who may come in like the Music Copyright Society of Kenya (MCSK) and other collecting societies. We should also be clear whether it is the CS or MCSK who will be consulting with the county governments. That is not clear. Otherwise, I support the whole principle of consultations.
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15 Mar 2016 in National Assembly:
( Question, that the words to be inserted be inserted,
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15 Mar 2016 in National Assembly:
Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, we have a raft of artistic works listed in the substitution, only that they have not found their place anywhere in the Bill. I suspect it is because of this business of “cut and paste”. That is why we really needed to look at this Bill carefully at the drafting time. This is a “cut and paste” business which we should not entertain. It is just embarrassing us. So, we need to find out where it came from. Where did those artistic works come from?
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15 Mar 2016 in National Assembly:
That can only be found in the motive of the person who brought the terminology here in this text. We cannot tell whether he or she was copying or plagiarising.
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15 Mar 2016 in National Assembly:
Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, in good faith, I want to imagine that it was copying because even in copying, you can cut and paste.
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