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    "id": 1150741,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mwea, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Josphat Kabinga",
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        "id": 13441,
        "legal_name": "Josphat Kabinga Wachira",
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    "content": "(a) by deleting sub clause (4) and substituting therefor the following new sub clause— (4) The Cabinet Secretary responsible for matters relating to labour shall, within one year of the commencement of this Act, in consultation with the Cabinet Secretaries responsible for matters relating to children affairs and education, make regulations prescribing the terms and conditions of work and the kind of work that may be engaged in by children in the following age categories— (a) children who have attained the age of thirteen but have not attained the age of sixteen years; and (b) children who have attained the age of sixteen but have not attained the age of eighteen years provided that the regulations shall take account of the best interest of the child. I am quite conversant with the Employment Act. The Committee observed that since the enactment of the Employment Act, there have not been regulations on child labour. The International Labour Organisation Convention stipulates that children may engage in light work. In light of the convention and in the absence of regulations to guide child labour, the Committee proposed that the Cabinet Secretary should come up with regulations within one year. The term used in the Bill is ‘may’ which we seek to amend to read ‘shall’ so that we can have regulations to guide child labour. That is the proposed amendment to clause 17. Thank you."
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