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{"id":78605,"date":"2022-06-02T04:00:13","date_gmt":"2022-06-02T04:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kn.co.ke\/?p=78605"},"modified":"2022-06-02T13:11:59","modified_gmt":"2022-06-02T13:11:59","slug":"legislative-updates-round-up-president-uhuru-kenyatta-assents-to-4-bills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kn.co.ke\/legislative-updates-round-up-president-uhuru-kenyatta-assents-to-4-bills\/","title":{"rendered":"Legislative Updates Round up: President Uhuru Kenyatta Assents to 4 Bills"},"content":{"rendered":"

On April 04, 2022 the President signed into law amendments to the Copyright Act, the Employment Act, the Kenya Deposit Insurance Act, and the Industrial Training Act. We discuss the important changes introduced below.<\/p>\n

Copyright (Amendment) Act, 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n

This amends the Copyright Act to provide for a revenue sharing formula for proceeds from Ring Back Tunes. The Act defines Ring Back Tunes as subscription music or tones played by a telecommunication operator to a caller. The changes were pushed for by content creators who felt leaving this to contract negotiations was unfair to them.<\/p>\n

Proceeds from Ring Back Tunes will be shared as follows:<\/p>\n