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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kilifi North, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Owen Baya",
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    "content": "stealing peoples’ gates and selling them as scrap metal. This amendment seeks to rein in such people. It also seeks to bring in the aspect of licensing. You must have a license if you want to be a scrap metal dealer. It also seeks to increase penalties for vandals. The fourth Act is the National Employment Authority Act, 2016 (No.3 of 2016). The amendment to the National Employment Authority Act 2016 provides that the Act shall apply to an employer who employs more than 10 employees. An employer will be subject to the National Employment Authority Act if he or she has more than 10 employees. The next one is the Fisheries Management and Development Act, 2016 (No. 35 of 2016). The Bill proposes to amend the Fisheries Management and Development Act, 2016 to provide that the Cabinet Secretary responsible for matters relating to fisheries shall be the chairperson of the Kenya Fisheries Advisory Council. There has been duplication of roles in the past where the Advisory Council is chaired by someone else. You then ask yourself who the Advisory Council is advising. We propose to amend the Act so that the Cabinet Secretary chairs the Advisory Council just as the President chairs his Advisory Council. This will cure the governance challenges that are posed by the current position on the appointment of the chairperson, noting that the Council is mainly composed of Cabinet Secretaries. An Advisory Council composed of Cabinet Secretaries cannot be chaired by someone who is not a Cabinet Secretary. That is what we want to cure through this amendment. On the heels of that amendment is the Energy Act, 2019 (No.1 of 2019). The Bill proposes to amend the Energy Act, 2015 to give effect to the recommendations of the Presidential Taskforce on the Review of Power Purchase Agreements. We have had many discussions in this House about reviewing power purchase agreements. The President set up a Taskforce which made certain recommendations, which need to be incorporated into the Act, so that they can have the force of law for the country to have a better power purchase agreements regime. There is also the Public Private Partnerships Act, 2021 (No.14 of 2021). The Bill proposes to amend the Public Private Partnerships Act, 2021 to correct typographical errors."
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