The Kenyan Parliament is called upon to make the necessary amendments to the 2014 Scrap Metal Export Bill, which is currently before the Chamber. The effectiveness of the ban on the export of scrap metal will be a significant step towards the industrialization of the country and the development of the metallurgical industry.
Addressing the parliamentary committee for finance, planning and trade, Chairman Njoroge Carangi noted that scrap metal is an important source of raw materials and that world countries, which lack iron ore resources, maintain high rates of economic growth, do not export scrap metal.
He noted that although Kenya had long proposed a ban on the export of scrap metal from its territory, it still has not been able to implement the ban. On the other hand, Tanzania and Uganda have moved ahead in implementing the ban on the export of scrap metal.
Passing the bill proposes a long process to implement a ban on the export of scrap metal, because it requires the authority of the finance secretary of the cabinet and makes it mandatory for the secretary of industrialization to sign a certificate from each party.
According to the bill, the Scrap Metal Council will inspect and monitor all scrap metal dealers before they are issued with a license to deal with this product.
Licenses will be valid for one year and can be renewed after a thorough verification process.
Meanwhile, scrap dealers in the country also supported a complete ban on the sale of the product outside Kenya.
Kenya calls for complete ban on scrap metal exports
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Azovpromstal® 19 June 2014 г. 15:14 |
