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    "id": 301593,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Ethuro",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 158,
        "legal_name": "Ekwee David Ethuro",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, you realize that for this amendment to be effective, we should invest a lot in the police force. If you look at who the licensing officer is, it is a police officer. If the police force is not being reformed as we expect, even these amendments we are proposing here will come to naught. This is because we have a police service now that will enter into partnerships with criminals. So, we can make all the laws here and nothing will happen. So, I urge my Chairman, because he should not just look at the police reforms in isolation; he must appreciate that their kind of work he is proposing here, this legislation can only be effected if the police will perform their duty as required. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, this Bill is actually making amendments to the three Acts already in place, that is, the Scrap Metal Act, the Information and Communications and the Energy Act. On how they propose to inspect the scrap metal, we should be thinking of not just one person coming to inspect the premises. It should actually be a panel. As hon. Millie Odhiambo, definitely, observed a little earlier, if the youth – because this is a serious problem in Kenya – who are about 75 per cent of our population will be looking for where to get some of this scrap metal--- They do not have the resources to have a fancy place, unless you are saying that it is only the “big” fellows who will deal with scrap metal. So, we need to consider that a bit of a panel or committee of sorts will be dealing with particular issues so that seeking for bribes, collusion or being hired by the “bigger” boys to frustrate the “smaller fish” can be handled as we make these amendments."
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