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    "id": 825282,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Roysambu, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Isaac Ndirangu",
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        "legal_name": "Isaac Waihenya Ndirangu",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I commend my Chair for moving this Bill adequately and sufficiently. I will just point out a few highlights because he has enumerated most of the key points in the Bill. Perhaps, what he forgot to mention is that this Bill is also introducing an export levy on copper waste and scrap metal at the rate of 20 per cent. The Scrap Metal Act of 2015 banned the exportation of scrap metal unless the exporter had obtained the necessary authorisation from the Cabinet Secretary. This provision is supposed to help the local iron mongers and iron smelters so that we can create employment and ensure that we have helped them in providing raw materials to enable them manufacture iron bars, iron sheets et cetera . This will help us in promotion of the manufacturing aspect in the Big Four Agenda. Another item is Clause 8 which is providing 30 per cent subsidy on electricity consumption particularly for manufacturers. Kenyan manufacturers have been complaining, particularly in the last three years, that the cost of electricity is prohibitive. It makes our locally manufactured goods not competitive to those imported from other regions. So, this reduction of cost or subsidy will make their products cheaper. 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."
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