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    "id": 448682,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. A.B. Duale",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 15,
        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
        "slug": "aden-duale"
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, the Scrap Metal Bill, 2014, therefore, seeks to introduce a number of new measures. These are measures that will bring sanity and better regulations to the sub-sector, amongst other things. It will also introduce regulations that will make it very difficult to buy and sell stolen metal products. As much as we want to create jobs, those who deal in illegal scrap metal and those who go Thika Super Highway to remove the road furniture, I can tell them with no fear of contradiction that the moment this Bill is passed and assented to, then their days will be numbered. This is because we want to bring sanity under the new Constitution. The Scrap Metal Bill, 2014 also seeks to empower competent authorities with sufficient legal framework to issue regulations requiring identification and traceability. Therefore, those scrap metal dealers will have a legal framework governing the way they operate as business entities. This Bill proposes stiffer penalties that will act as a deterrent for those who wish to break the law. This will put them on notice. If we spend billions of shillings on road construction, railways, street lights and so on, then we must provide a legal framework that protects that Government investment and infrastructure from illegal business dealers whose work is to remove the road furniture. This Bill will also try to create a consultative process that will give an opportunity to all the stakeholders in scrap metal dealing where they will be given a chance to air their views. They will appear, I think, before the Committee on Finance, Planning and Trade and address the issues that they face in their business of scrap metal. This will help in the development of iron and steel industry in this country. Once this Bill is enacted into law we expect a great improvement in the monitoring and regulation of trade in scrap metal. We expect serious reduction in the illicit exportation of scrap metal. We also expect a total reduction or elimination of the destruction of the road furniture and infrastructure. This will create considerable savings by the utility companies and the country at large. We use a lot of money to maintain our roads. We want to maintain the tarmac. We do not want to keep on replacing the road furniture. This Bill has come at the right time. The KENHA stated that we spend Kshs50 million on replacing the road furniture along Thika Super Highway. The destruction of road furniture, especially road signs, drainage manholes and guard rails has increased and this has a bearing on road carnage. Once you destroy road furniture, then this is likely to cause more accidents."
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