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    "id": 820925,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Garissa Township, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Aden Duale",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": "There is an amendment to the Kenya Airports Authority Act Cap 393. This Bill proposes to amend the Act to provide that arbitrators in disputes under the Act shall be appointed by the Registrar of the National Centre for International Arbitration in place of the Chief Justice. We have that institution in place so any arbitration that would take place at the Kenya Airports Authority - if this Bill is passed - will be appointed by the Registrar of the National Centre for International Arbitration. The Traffic Act Cap 403 has a number of small amendments. The Bill proposes to amend the Traffic Act to provide for the appointment of inspectors of motor vehicles and designation of authorised offices for the purposes of this Act. For the first time, we are putting in law the provision that we must appoint officers or inspectors of motor vehicles. It also seeks to amend Section 8 of the Traffic Act to create an offence and prescribe penalties on the issuance of insurance cover to a person who is not the registered owner of a motor vehicle. If you do not own that motor vehicle, you cannot secure insurance in your name. The same Bill seeks to amend Section 57 of the Act in order to create an offence and prescribe penalties for driving a vehicle, which requires a permit prescribed under the East Africa Community Load Control Act. Without such permit, it would be an offence. It also seeks to create an offence and prescribes penalties for encroachment and damage to roads. We have seen the number of accidents we have and vehicles destroying our road infrastructure or the road itself. This Bill creates an offence and prescribes a penalty. The Bill seeks to amend the Export Processing Zones Act, Cap 517 in order to create a conducive environment for investors in the manufacturing sector and to promote value addition. It creates a section where they will get incentives in terms of tax holidays and rebates so that we can attract investors and more so, in value addition and manufacturing so that the 15 per cent growth in the manufacturing sector as one of the four key pillars of the President and the Jubilee administration is achieved. The Bill proposes to amend the National Council for Law Reporting Act, 1994, to provide that the National Council for Law Reporting shall be a body under the Office of the Attorney-General. Currently, it is under the Law Reform Council. The Bill seeks to amend the Kenya Information and Communications Act, 1998, to provide for the mode of appointment of the chairperson of the Communications Authority of Kenya (CAK). The procedure and process of appointing the Chair of the CAK is provided for. On the Kenya Roads Board (KRB) Act, 1999, the proposed amendment seeks to widen the number of professionals who may qualify for appointment as the executive director. They also prescribe additional requirements for the qualification of the appointment of the executive director of the KRB. The Bill suggests that the qualification should be a master’s degree from a university recognised in Kenya and he or she should have served in a senior manager position for a period of at least five years. We did this in the Roads Bill and so, at the Committee of the whole House stage, I will withdraw it. The Bill proposes to amend Section 23 of the Privatisation Act No.2 of 2005 to give power to the CS to direct the Privatisation Commission to implement a proposal for privatisation once it is approved by the Cabinet. It also requires the CS to submit annual reports on the implementation of the proposals to the National Assembly. The CS will approve and submit to the Cabinet that the final documentation and annual reports must be submitted to the National Assembly. The Bill proposes to amend the Witness Protection Act of 2006 to require that the Director of the Witness Protection Agency (WPA) be given an opportunity to defend himself The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
}