Mark Ogolla Nyamita

Hon. Mark Nyamita (Uriri, ODM) It was for clarity. Let us talk about what we want to achieve with this Bill. We want the revenue that will be shared to be net of taxes. That is what was originally there. Members, this is a House of debate. Many Members thought...

Hon. Mark Nyamita (Uriri, ODM) Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I will move the final further amendment to this Clause. It is the amendment we discussed earlier, that Clause 3 be further amended in the proposed new Section 30 (c) by deleting the words “net revenue” and substituting therefore the words...

Hon. Mark Nyamita (Uriri, ODM) Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I hear Hon. Gladys. However, during the deliberations of the telecoms provider, they were not opposed to this. In actual sense, this amendment will help them. You will note that they were being blind to what is happening behind, because there...

Hon. Mark Nyamita (Uriri, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady. I beg to move a further, amendment to Clause 3 by just inserting the words “the telecommunication operator shall directly remit to the artists or one of the copyrights, the ring- back tone on net revenue share allocated to...

Hon. Mark Nyamita (Uriri, ODM) I think mathematically, there is no challenge with Hon. Kiarie’s amendment. What it refers to is a figure not less than. It only allows that figure to move from one percentage to another, whereas the other figure remains static. The figure he is talking about...

Hon. Mark Nyamita (Uriri, ODM) Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady. Just for purposes of clarity, the proposal by Hon. Wanga set the percentage to artists at 52 per cent. Of course, during public participation, there were issues as to whether we need to prescribe pricing in statute...

Hon. Mark Nyamita (Uriri, ODM) Yes, we have. We will have a further amendment to specify ‘net of taxes,’ so that the net revenue will not be confused in interpretation. If you allow, the amendment is coming. We will have it as ‘net of taxes’ for purposes of the Hansard....

Hon. Mark Nyamita (Uriri, ODM) It is just for clarity so that we have boundaries.

Hon. Mark Nyamita (Uriri, ODM) Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, just to give clarity to what Hon. Wanga is saying, we had included net of taxes, but our legal team advised that net revenue means net of taxes. However, if that clarity is needed, I do not think there is any...

Hon. Mark Nyamita (Uriri, ODM) I beg to move a further amendment. (Hon. David ole Sankok spoke off record)