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    "id": 1170091,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1170091/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mwingi North, WDM-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Paul Nzengu",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13444,
        "legal_name": "Paul Musyimi Nzengu",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I support the Report of the Committee on Delegated Legislation on the annulment of the Scrap Metal Dealers Rules. I support the Members who have contributed to this Report based on the fact that the ban on scrap metal was ill-informed and has caused untold suffering to many people, ranging from industries to individuals who collect scrap metal in my village. That has been their livelihood and they are currently unable to put food on the table. It has also affected industries that depend on scrap metal to manufacture various steel products, and this has resulted in loss of jobs. That decision was hasty. It was reached without consultations and it was reactionary. The fact that some people have been involved in smuggling scrap metal from important government installations does not mean that every Kenyan who deals and depends on scrap metal must suffer. I agree with the Member who said that proper legislation should be in place so that people who vandalise public infrastructure are properly punished but not punish the entire country."
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