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    "id": 471102,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/471102/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Prof.) Nyikal",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 434,
        "legal_name": "James Nyikal",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving this opportunity to contribute to this Bill. Trade in scrap metal is widespread and for a long time it has been free for all. Because of that, there has been misuse of this trade and it tends to lead to destruction of infrastructure. When you look around, you can see roads, rails and bridges vandalized and weakened. Transformers have also been stolen. Telephone and electrical wires have been stripped and this has been terrible. It has lead to loss of property in homes. Vehicles have also been vandalized. Therefore, it is high time we put regulations in place. I, therefore, support this Bill that seeks to put regulatory structures in place and particularly the establishment of a council. I know that there has been an export business in scrap metal, something that I think we can ill afford while we are actually importers of metal. It is good that we have criminalized this act of vandalism and we are now able to protect Government infrastructure, homes and property. It is particularly important that this Bill puts in place an inspectorate and establishes inspectors who will go around into factories and other establishments to establish the source of scrap metal that they find there With those few remarks, I support this Bill."
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