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    "id": 850642,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mumias East, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Benjamin Washiali",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 151,
        "legal_name": "Benjamin Jomo Washiali",
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    "content": "The Bill was published on 10th April 2018 and was read the First Time on 18th April 2018 pursuant to Standing Order No.126. The Bill contains amendments to 15 different statutes. It seeks to affect minor issues. They are minor, in various Acts that do not warrant the publication of separate Bills. For the information of the membership of this House, this was also done during induction. Whenever we have minor amendments to statute laws, we usually come up with an amendment Bill. This is the second one. There was an earlier one. This is to help or otherwise, reduce the number of Bills that are flowing on the Floor some of which can be corrected in a miscellaneous form. This approach is usually meant to improve the functionality of particular Acts. Sometimes, it is also used to align current Acts to the Constitution. That is why we have this approach. Therefore, allow me to give a summary of the amendments of the proposed Bills. I will be mentioning the particular Acts before I go to the specific areas that have been amended by this miscellaneous Bill, so that Members can follow the exact areas the Bill touches. The first is the Betting, Lotteries and Gaming Act, Cap. 131. This amendment Bill proposes to amend the Act to enhance penalties provided in Sections 5(4), 8(3), 10(2), 11(4) 59(2) and 61 of the Act. The penalties as currently prescribed in the Act are very low. They have been there since the inception of this Act. The Bill also seeks to amend the Act to reduce the amount of betting and lottery tax payable by betting, lottery and gaming operators. The second Act this miscellaneous amendment Bill seeks to amend is the Dairy Industry Act, Cap 336. The dairy industry is very important in this nation. The Bill proposes to amend the Act to enlarge the definition of “milk” to include goat and camel milk. It is very surprising that the original Act had not considered goat and camel milk as milk yet it is used in the country. If you went in some supermarkets, you will find camel milk on shelves. Goat milk has been recommended to some patients who suffer from HIV and AIDS. Therefore, it is important for this House to recognise this milk so that we can enhance the contribution of this milk to the economy. It also seeks to enhance penalties under the regulations on standards and manner of installation and operation of milk dispensers. Therefore, it is very important that the House agrees with these amendment proposals, so that we can take care of the operations of milk dispensers. The third Act that these amendments touch is the Cooperatives Societies Act, Cap 490. For the Members who would want to know the opinion of the Committee, most of these amendments are under the Departmental Committee on Trade, Industry and Cooperatives. I am sure this Committee under the leadership of Hon. Kanini Kega, has done a report to this effect. Any Member who may not be in the picture of what the Committee has done should go to Room 8, so that they can share their opinion. The Bill proposes to amend the Cooperatives Societies 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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