BY JOHN HOUANIHAU

Riley Mesepitu, Permanent Secretary (PS) for the Ministry of Commerce, Industry, Labour and Immigration (MCILI), said the ministry is undergoing reform programmes.

He made the announcement of major and key reform programmes during the recent National Trade Fair.

Mesepitu said these reforms are aligned with the Government for National Unity and Transformation (GNUT) policy and the functions of the ministry.

The Permanent Secretary pointed out that one reform they are currently working on is the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise Bill.

He said the bill aims to help enhance small and medium-sized enterprises and is now in its third draft and almost ready for cabinet.

Mesepitu noted that the ministry is also reviewing the Corporate Society Act; a tool that would help communities, youth groups, women and tribes to form a business entity under the act.

In addition, he said another reform under the ministry’s review is the Consumer Protection Act, an act to protect the rights of consumers in trade and consumption in the economy.

According to Mesepitu, other major reforms are; the Weights and Measures Act and Regulations, review of the Trade Dispute panel, Charitable Act, review of the Company’s Act, Labour Act, Immigration Act, the Refugees & Determination Bill and Human trafficking and People’s smuggling bill.

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