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    "speaker_name": "Kikuyu, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah",
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    "content": " It also speaks volumes to the kind of induction we do. Maybe, the Chairperson, Liaison Committee, our very able Deputy Speaker, should consider another round of induction of chairpersons. Hon. Owen has ably articulated all the Acts of Parliament that are being touched by this Miscellaneous (Amendment) Bill, including the the Children's Act, the Copyright Act, the Scrap Metal Act, the National Employment Authority Act, the Fisheries Management and Development Act of 2016, the Energy Act, the Public Private Partnerships Act of 2021, the Parliamentary Service Act of 2019, and the Judicial Service Act of 2011. As Members are aware, all our Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bills, and without the exception of this one, are usually meant to realign our laws or existing statutes with minor amendments that may not necessarily need a substantive Bill to be published for the purpose of amendment. This Bill is no exception. As I said, if you look at the amendments on the Children's Act, they are basically aligning the Act to a court ruling. You know the Children's Act of 2022 had a provision that denied sole male applicants from adopting a child unless that child was a relative. The courts have ruled that to be unconstitutional. So, the amendment is simply aligning with what the courts have ruled. The Copyright Act, as the Hon. Owen Baya ably articulated, touches on the provisions on equitable remuneration of our performers and producers of sound recordings. It seeks to expand the responsibilities of collective management organisations towards authors and performers. This is to ensure that content creators, performers, and producers of sound recordings are properly remunerated, and that management organisations that run these things are not collecting money and administering it in a way that disadvantages the producers of sound recordings and performers. On the Scrap Metal Act, it proposes to provide for a special license for dealing in copper, aluminium, and their alloys. 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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