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    "id": 1439916,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kimilili, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Didmus Barasa",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for this opportunity. From the very beginning, I support the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill. The proposed amendment to the Children Act seeks to enable the courts to allow an application by a man to adopt a child. You understand that in this country, there are many men who are single handedly taking care of their families and should be allowed to adopt children. With regard to the Copyright Act, it is very important that the too many artistes or content creators in this country be remunerated from the same level. We must have some clear management policies to guide the Copyright Board in ensuring equity and fairness in sharing royalties. Amendment No.1 to the Scrap Metal Act, 2015, is very good because it will protect the very critical infrastructure in the energy sector in this country, which has been suffering from people vandalising and stealing transformers and cables. This amendment will ensure that for anyone to deal with copper and aluminium, they must have a special licence which I am sure, will undergo some type of vetting. This will ensure that before a firm is given a licence to begin dealing with scrap copper and aluminium, they must demonstrate where they get it from, to ensure that they are not the ones vandalising copper in this country. Basically, these miscellaneous amendments are just to clean up various statutes and realign them with our Constitution, and the very many changing policies in this country. It is a good thing that will move us forward. Kenya is run on policies, and when a government implements a policy or law, we have a team, both in Government and outside Government that has a responsibility of monitoring and evaluating how those policies and statute laws are beneficial to the country, in terms of how much budgetary allocation they are receiving and how much value Kenyans are getting. As a country, and as a House, we have a responsibility to either terminate the various policies or improve them so that Kenyans can continue to benefit from these very many laws. Even as I support these laws, we must be aware that at times these Miscellaneous Amendment Bills can be brought in for misuse. But I have gone through this document and can confirm to this House that each and every proposed clause is beneficial to this country. Once these amendments are approved, this law will ensure that the Children Act is beneficial to the country, and the Copyright Act benefits the very many artistes and local content creators in this country. It will also ensure that scrap metal misuse through vandalising bridges, guardrails and electrical power lines, will stop. The Fisheries Management and Development Act will also ensure that 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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