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"content": "section 19(w) and (x) is proposing to prescribe requirements for the licensing of milk dispensers and other dispensers of other dairy products, and also prescribe the manner of handling, storage, dispensing and general management of dairy produce. If you go down to section 20, there is a proposed punishment of a fine not exceeding Kshs3 million or a term of imprisonment not exceeding three years or both, if you contravene that section. Very important under that Dairy Industry Act is the new section 23A in the amendments, especially under Clause (2). Dairy management is a devolved function and so, we are taking that into consideration. Therefore, there is a sub-clause, a new insertion where, specifically, the county governments may, pursuant to Article 209(3), impose a cess payable to the county government on any milk or milk product produced within the county. Because this is a devolved function, we are proposing to amend the Act so that it gives the county governments that leeway of imposing any cess on milk produced within the county. The other one is the Clinical Officers (Training, Registration and Licensing) Act of 1988. This Bill was in today’s morning Order Paper. It came as a Private Member’s Bill by Hon. Leonard Sang. What we are proposing in this Miscellaneous Amendments Bill is just to bring some terminologies in line with the Constitution. Everywhere there is “Minister” you put “Cabinet Secretary” and where there is “Permanent Secretary” you put “Principal Secretary”. There is not much on that. Of key interest that this Bill is proposing to amend is an Act appearing in this afternoon’s Order Paper as Order No. 16. That is the Betting, Lotteries and Gaming Act (Cap. 131). Hon. Speaker, the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2), 2016 proposes to amend the Act to harmonise it with the terms contained in the Constitution. That is simply because it is an old Act. The title “Permanent Secretary (PS)” appears everywhere. We propose to replace the title “Permanent Secretary” with the title “Principle Secretary’’ and title “Minister” with the title “Cabinet Secretary (CS)” in order to align those titles in the Act with the titles contained in the Constitution. We also propose to clarify the roles of the Chairman of the Board and the Director of the Betting vis-a-vis the Board. First of all, the proposed amendment seeks to limit the period of the Board’s tenure to two terms of three years. Other proposals are intended to raise fees. I know that there is a substantive Bill coming on this matter. When we reach there, maybe, more will come. Let me now talk about the two last Acts, starting with the Employment Act No. 11 of 2007, where we have proposed to amend to confer powers of deployment and re-deployment of employees and assignment of job titles and grading of employees. Basically, there has been a continuous job evaluation exercise. Therefore, this needs to be streamlined to be in tandem with what goes on in terms of assessing and evaluating employees. At times, some employees are re- deployed while others are employed. There is also the assigning of different job titles and grading of job groups. The other Act is the Alcoholic Drinks Control Act of 2010. Recently, this House passed the Magistrate Court Act, 2015, which assigned a new definition to the word “magistrate.” Therefore, we propose to amend the Alcoholic Drinks Control Act of 2010 to align the definition of the word “magistrate” with the definition contained in the Magistrate’ Court Act, 2015. My last proposal seeks to amend the Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development Act, 2013. I seek, in the said parent Act, to provide for the appointment of some members of the Board by the CS and remove the procedure of appointment as set out in the First Schedule to the Act. I also seek to amend the Act to provide for resignation of the Chairperson of the Board and replacement of the same by the CS when that person resigns from office. As it is now, there is no 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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