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    "id": 914623,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Garissa Township, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Aden Duale",
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    "content": "safeguards to control radiation resources, nuclear materials and all the associated waste that come with it. This Bill will protect the people of Kenya, their property and the environment from any harmful exposure of radiation. So, the Government and the stakeholders felt that there is need to enact it. Parliament has that constitutional role to enact an enabling legislation to regulate nuclear energy for electricity generation and to provide for nuclear safety and all connected purposes in accordance with both national and international obligations. So, nuclear safety, nuclear security and safeguards require a regulatory authority which is independent of the user ministries which are going to promote and support the other operational agencies. In a nutshell, this Bill proposes to regulate the exposure to non-ionising radiation in the telecommunications sector and other sectors which are not currently regulated. Somebody cannot come and put a telecommunication mast next to your house, a school or a hospital where we know there will be radiation effect. So, this Bill is not about nuclear energy. It is very important. It will regulate how telecommunication companies will put anything that will emit radiation and how it will be regulated. Regulations are in place. This Bill has a number of issues concerning the people of Kenya in terms of how to deal with their safety and security in terms of emission of radiation. Part I of the Bill deals with the preliminary matters just like any other Bill. So, I will not go into it. The purpose of the Bill shall be to create and regulate safe, secure and peaceful development and production of nuclear energy for electricity, its usage, storage, disposal, transportation and handling of nuclear and radioactive materials, and all other activities that generate anything to do with ionising radiation. Part II of the Bill deals with what we call the Kenya Nuclear Regulatory Commission. So, there will be a commission that will regulate the nuclear sector the same way we have the Communications Authority and the Electricity Regulatory Agency. So, there will be the Kenya Nuclear Regulatory Commission which will be an independent and autonomous body that will be established in a neutral administrative government ministry from the user ministries. So, this ministry will not be in the Ministries of Energy or Health. It must be in an independent ministry so that its independency and autonomy is respected. Part III of the Bill deals with the financial provisions; how this Commission will get its funds, how they will present their estimates, accounts and auditing of their books by the Commission and, of course, the Auditor-General. Part IV of the Bill specifies the manner in which the Commission shall exercise regulatory control including authorisation and inspection. Part V of the Bill provides the framework for the radiation protection and related medical unintended radiology exposure with the trans-boundary effects among other issues. So, the regulatory framework on how we deal with exposure between one country to the other is also provided here. Part VI deals with the safety of radiation sources and facilities. This commission needs to establish a system of control over radiation sources in order to ensure that they are safely managed and securely protected during and at the end of their useful lives and proscribe a certain categorisation of sources based on the potential injury and risk to the people and the environment. 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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