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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Garissa Township, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Aden Duale",
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": "facilitate trade so that it becomes an added advantage for trade between us and other countries and our own institutions. Part II of the Bill consists of Clauses 4 to 6. It talks about the Kenya National Accreditation Service. It deals with where the headquarters will be. Section 6 deals with the functions of the Service. They include: Accredit conformity, assessment bodies, promote accreditation in Kenya, and promote competence and the equivalence of accredited bodies elsewhere in the world. So, the functions of this body are well stipulated. There are over 20 functions that those institutions will be given by law if this Bill passes. Part III of the Bill consists of Clauses 7 to 17. Clause 7 deals with the composition of the Board of the Service while Clause 8 deals with the conduct and the affairs of business of the board - how they conduct their business. Clause 9 deals with what we call the establishment of the accreditation committee while Clause 10 deals with the functions of the accreditation committee. Clause 11 of the Bill deals with the appeals committee where in case of an aggrieved party, there is an appeal mechanism. Clause 12 deals with the procedure and proceedings before the appeals committee so that anybody should not abuse that process. The procedure and the processes are well documented in that Clause. Part IV of the Bill comprises of Clauses 18 to 25. Clause 18 deals with the process of applying for accreditation. What are the conditions? How do you apply to acquire that service called accreditation? Clause 21 deals with suspension or revocation. At what stage does the service revoke or suspend an accreditation permit given to you by the board? Part V comprises of Clauses 26 to 32. That deals with the financial provision in relation to the service: the general fund, the investments of the service and others. Part VI deals with the repeal of the accreditation service order. For us to have this law, we must repeal the existing Accreditation Service Order of 2009 and provide a transitional clause or matters relating to that repeal so that the staff and assets of current board are safeguarded in the transitional clause. In this Bill, we have the first schedule which deals with the procedure of the meeting of the board, the second schedule deals with the proceedings before the accreditation committee and the third schedule deals with the proceedings before the Accreditation Appeals Committee. The enactment of this Bill shall occasion additional expenditure of public funds which shall be provided for in the estimates. It will occasion extra expenditure. The enactment of this Bill shall occasion additional resources. I am sure – the Chair of the Budget and Appropriations Committee (BAC) has left – this will be provided for in the estimates. Those are the highlights. With those few remarks, I will ask the Chair of the Departmental Committee on Trade, Industry and Co-operatives, Hon Kanini Kega, who did the public participation and got the views from stakeholders, to second."
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