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"speaker_name": "Kiambaa, UDA",
"speaker_title": "Hon. Njuguna Kawanjiku",
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"content": "The amendment to the National Employment Authority (NEA) is equally important. I support what other Members have said, especially on promoting our young people to get employment. We have too many young people who have manual courses from TVETs, polytechnics or through apprenticeship. Sometimes we employ them as casual labourers and with time, they gain experience and become good masons, carpenters and tailors. The NEA should consider these people. It should standardize the employment process in Kenya. The President has signed several bilateral agreements, and will sign others on labour migration soon. We support labour export. The NEA should rise to the occasion and support as many people as possible. They should also foster relationships with other countries that are willing to import labour from us. Some countries have really benefited from labour exports. For example, the main foreign exchange earner in the Philippines is labour export. We have very hardworking young Kenyans without jobs in the country. We must look for a way to promote them and support them. We call upon the Cabinet Secretary for Labour and Social Protection to look into more bilateral agreements. We have seen the Ministry advertising nursing jobs in the UK and Saudi Arabia. We need proper agreements going forward because we do not want our people to be mistreated in foreign countries. Therefore, this amendment ensures that those who import and export labour are licenced and known. They should also take responsibility for the labour we export. This area can benefit us, as a country, but we need to put a lot of input. I support the Miscellaneous (Amendment) Bill so that we empower the NEA to export as much labour as possible. We acknowledge that we have a shortage of jobs within the Republic and we must think outside the box to secure employment opportunities for our people."
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"content": "I support."
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"content": "(Hon. (Dr) Rachael Nyamai): Hon. Members, the next opportunity is for Hon. Gideon Ochanda, the Member for Bondo. Before he proceeds, there is a point of order from Hon. Kwenya Thuku. Hon. Thuku, I normally see you on this side of the aisle."
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"content": " Hon. Temporary Speaker, I pressed the intervention button by mistake. I have queued to speak."
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"content": "(Hon. (Dr) Rachael Nyamai): Proceed, Hon. Gideon Ochanda."
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"content": " Hon. Temporary Speaker, I stand to support this Bill. The issue of KP and Rural Electrification and Renewable Energy Corporation (REREC) is critical. Power is sourced, transmitted and sold through several different entities, which do not include REREC yet the later constructs the lines. Once they have done the lines, they hand them over to KP. The disasters we have during the long rainy season were due to maintenance or things that were not done right by REREC. This is transferred over to the KP yet the people who did the construction are the REREC. The quality of contracts, transformers, lines and poles that are used at the initial level are done by REREC. So, if the contracts are poorly done, poor quality poles and lines are sourced, REREC should bear the cost. That cost should not be transferred to KP, but they have to pay them because they are the ones selling power. So, this is one of the most critical things 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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"content": "that this Bill has addressed, which I appreciate. There has to be a point at which REREC and KP meet to ensure that we have the supply of power. They should also ensure quality in terms of supplies and contracts used in the supply. For example, in my constituency at the moment, there are 48 transformers. Out of those, 23 are not working. Further, most of the poles erected by REREC are down but the infrastructure was transferred to KP. It is now up to KP to make sure that they work. This has been unfair. The Bill has addressed the issue by establishing a connection between KP and REREC. The other issue that is useful here is the regulation of the scrap metal industry. The issue of licensing as outlined in the Bill is good. However, in my view, the Bill does not address the real issues. For example, there is a section that states the penalties for the offence of stealing public utilities like sign boards on the roads and guard rails. I would like to inform this House that scrap metal dealers have a serious connection with metal thieves beyond the public utilities. There are people who have lost metals from private fences and gates. For example, if you have put up a gate in your ranch, you may wake up one morning and find that it is gone. At the end of the day, it is not just public utilities that are vandalised, but even private property. In my view, the Bill has failed to regulate scrap metal dealers, and instead it is trying to license them. It is indicated that scrap metal dealers must be stationed at a specific point where they operate from. In this case, how does one get metal or scrap from two or three kilometres away? It means that somebody has to look for it and deliver it to you where you are stationed yet it is only you who is licensed. So, what happens to the middlemen between where the scrap metals are sourced from and the dealer? The Bill needs to indicate that the people who supply scrap metal to dealers must show the source of their scrap metal. This will ensure that it is known whether someone’s gate, fence or billboards have been brought down. This has not been indicated in the Bill. We need to bring it out. Before you get to the dealer, somebody supplies the dealer. Who is this person? How do we regulate him or her such that the trade is made right? That is one area that the Bill does not address properly. The other area that the Bill addresses itself to is the sector of fisheries. We need to remind the nation that the Fisheries Department sometimes is overrated. It is one sector that has many entities, including Kenya Fisheries Services, Kenya Fish Advisory Council and Kenya Fish Marketing Authority. In the real sense, fisheries is devolved but the structure of the Department goes up to the Beach Management Units (BMUs). We have a fisheries directorate in Nairobi, but it goes down to the regions, counties, sub-counties and finally to the BMUs. Why are we doing this? At the same time, counties also have their own arrangement from the county, sub-counties and finally to the BMUs. At the end of the day, there is conflict. At the same time, when it comes to fisheries, one thing that we have not done well, unlike other sectors such as agriculture and livestock, is that there is no value chain that is recognised. We have been struggling a bit to do things at the landing beaches. However, there is no fish at the moment; fish stocks are down. We need to have an arrangement where we make sure that we re- stock the lake with fish. There are many ways of how this can be done either locally or properly by a different arrangement. If you talk about a marketing authority, it should be one that has products. You cannot have a marketing authority that does not have anything to sell. Generally, the Bill is fine, apart from those areas that need to be corrected or enhanced, moving forward. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker."
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"content": "(Hon. (Dr) Rachael Nyamai): Hon. Beatrice Kemei, Member for Kericho County. 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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"speaker_name": "Kericho County, UDA",
"speaker_title": "Hon. Beatrice Kemei",
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"content": " Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker for giving me this opportunity to add my voice to the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill (National Assembly Bill No.67 of 2023). I will start by commenting on the Children Act, 2022. I support the fact that a man can also be allowed to adopt a child who is not necessarily a relative. This fact speaks against discrimination, according to Article 27 of the Constitution which talks about equality and freedom from discrimination. Many children are suffering out there because some of them do not have parents. There are others who have parents but are not doing well. Their parents are not in a position to take care of them. A number of women may not have the capacity to adopt children. If a man can be allowed to adopt children, we will have less children in the streets. We have widowers and single men who have the capacity to adopt children. Therefore, they should not be discriminated. My only concern is if the man is allowed to adopt a boy or girl. If a man adopts a girl, I hope that he will not turn her into a wife or girlfriend later on. When a person is allowed to adopt children or given the responsibility, he or she should be grilled carefully, so that out children may not end up where they are not happy or well taken care of. It is also uncalled for mothers to run away from home and leave children to their husbands. I wish we could look for them and let them take responsibility. I have too many cases. They are not very easy for me, especially as a Woman Representative for Kericho County. I have two particular cases where children were left by their mothers. There is a case in Chepseon where I was given a girl of about five to ten years and her father is hustler. The father has to go with the child to his place of work because he has no other option. We have to look for a children’s home and it is not easy. If this Act passes, it will lessen the work, responsibilities and challenges that we have."
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"content": "I also want to speak to the Energy Act of 2019 on Kenya Power and REREC. Our main concern which is a ‘basic need’ is electricity. When we go to our constituencies and counties, our people ask us for electricity connectivity. We have a challenge of transformers that stalled. When they ask, they do not want to know if it is Kenya Power or REREC. To stop this idea of blame game, it is important that this Amendment is passed. This is so that someone or membership of Kenya Power is included in REREC and especially, the fact that it is dealing more with electricity in the rural areas. Not to forget the fact that metres used to only be given by Kenya Power. Having REREC in it will make the work easy. Sixty one years down the line, we should have all households connected. The other day, I was in a home at around 7.00 p.m., and the place was dark. When we asked them to light even a lamp, they said they normally cook at 4.00 p.m. to enable them sleep early because they cannot afford paraffin – a very humble background. We need this connectivity. That is the more reason for bringing REREC and Kenya Power together to make our work easier. Not to forget the fact that many at times, we have no power. Many families, business people and even those rearing poultry suffer a lot. When we talk about making regulations to the attainment by grid, the quality and reliability of supply and service, it is very important. Should there be anything that is going against this, then customers should be supported or be paid for."
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