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    "id": 445762,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/445762/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Nderitu",
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        "id": 2546,
        "legal_name": "Francis Waweru Nderitu",
        "slug": "francis-waweru-nderitu"
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    "content": "I am contributing. We are discussing a very important Bill about scrap metal. I do not know where hon. Arati came from. I think he is just out to sabotage the Bill. That would be very unfair considering the problem we have about scrap metal dealers in this country. I would like to mention that the prices of scrap metal in the world are rising every day. I was reading an article where I read that scrap metal that was sold in this country in 2012 fetched Kshs.2 billion. In 2011, it fetched Kshs.1 billion and that is 100 per cent increase. It is very unfortunate that Kenya does not produce any scrap metal, but you find that we are selling steel and ore more than the countries producing scrap metal. I remember when construction on Thika Superhighway was completed we walked there only to be shocked to find it vandalized. You can imagine the impact of such vandalism. It increases road carnage. Before the expansion of this road people were running away from Thika Road because of endless traffic jams. I feel very sad when we do not have regulation to guide the way we deal with scrap metal. I am very sure this Bill will bring sanity in the way we manage the scrap metal business. I would like to mention the creation of a council which is very welcome. Prior to this, the old regulation required one to get a licence from an inspector in the county level. One of the things we want to remove with the passage of this Bill is roadside dealers in scrap metal. This is because most of the dealers in scrap metal do not have restricted premises. Mostly in the informal sector, almost everybody sells scrap metal. I am very sure that if this Bill is enacted, the procedure of licensing the scrap metal dealer will be followed to the letter so that we avoid those activities."
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