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    "id": 471158,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Dr.) Otichilo",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 131,
        "legal_name": "Wilber Ottichilo Khasilwa",
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    "content": "Finally, with regard to enforcement, we may make this law and the President may assent to it. But the biggest problem in this country is enforcement. We must ensure that there is enforcement once this Bill becomes law. If we do not do so, this will end up like the Traffic (Amendment) Bill. In the Tenth Parliament, I remember, we put so many stringent laws in the Traffic (Amendment) Act to ensure that anybody who makes a mistake on the road, say, overlapping and jumping lights, should be punished. What happened next? Look at our roads! The matatus are still doing what they used to do and yet the law is there. Therefore, we need very stringent enforcement mechanisms. I am very happy that this Bill has proposed the appointment of independent inspectors who will be able to inspect some of those scrap metal dealers and ensure that whatever they are doing is correct. Those inspectors must be recruited in a transparent manner so that we do not end up recruiting corrupt inspectors who will only perpetuate corruption. The recruitment of inspectors should be looked into and we need to consider serious integrity issues when making regulations later on. Inspectors must be people of high integrity and they should ensure that no deals are undertaken in that business. I am also happy that no export of scrap metal will be undertaken in accordance with Clause 26 until the Minister in charge of that business issues an export licence. This Bill proposes that every dealer will only have a licence for one year which will be renewed on an annual basis. This will ensure that those found flouting the law will not have their licences renewed. With those very many comments, I want to strongly support this Bill. I will be bringing amendments to increase the penalty because I believe that those people must be penalized thoroughly."
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