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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. A.B. Duale",
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I will do less than that. From the outset, I want to thank my colleagues who have contributed so immensely on this Bill and saw the need for this Bill to the country and our economy. The primary purpose of this proposed legislation is to provide for regulation and monitoring of any dealings in scrap metal and further, to establish and provide the functions of the Scrap Metal Council that is envisaged in this Bill. If we regulate that industry, monitor and license, that is an industry that has business figures to the tune of Kshs4 billion annually. So, if it is regulated, we anticipate that the scrap metal industry can generate substantial income to the county and to the economy. World over, the trade in scrap metals is regulated, both in terms of exports and imports. If we bring sanity to this industry and we export in a free, transparent and regulated manner, that export is going to give us more revenue which will be added to the revenue that we get from tea, coffee and the other products that we export as a country. I am sure my colleagues will bring a raft of amendments and that is why there is a procedure in Parliament that this Bill goes to the Third Reading and the Committee of the whole House, so that we can further improve on this piece of legislation, which is the first of its kind since Independence. We have never had a particular condensed piece of legislation that governs this industry. I also want to further say that the enactment of this Bill will not occasion any additional expenditure of public funds. Finally, Part V of this Bill contains miscellaneous provisions in Clause 33, which empowers the Cabinet Secretary, and Clause 34 that repeals the existing Scrap Metal Act, Cap.503. There are schedules in this Bill which provide for the forms to be used in the administration of the Act. The First Schedule gives provisions relating to the conduct of The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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