The Scrap Metal Council has raised concerns over the surge in people impersonating officers from the commission.
In a statement on Monday, Scrap Metal Council chairman Francis Mugo said the individuals masquerading as officials have been closing Scrap Metal Businesses across the country.
Mugo said impersonators aim to conduct inspections and vetting which is the work for the council.
"It has come to the attention of the Council that some individuals purporting to act on behalf of the Council have been closing Scrap Metal Businesses across the country, purportedly to conduct inspections and vetting," Mugo said.
"Vetting of Scrap Metal Dealers and issuance of licenses is the role of the Scrap Metal Council."
Mugo urged the registered scrap metal dealers across the country to continue with their businesses in strict adherence to the laws and avoid vandalism of infrastructure of any sort.
The Scrap Metal Council is a State Corporation established vide Scrap Metal Act No.1 of 2015 and mandated to regulate the scrap metal industry in the country.
On October 5, the Council planned a series of stakeholder consultative forums to deliberate on how the industry will be regulated.
Mugo admitted that smuggling has been their greatest challenge and hence the need to find effective solutions to curb it.
“As the regulator of the industry, we are concerned when millers inform us that they are going without the scrap metal which is their raw material used in steel making,” Mugo said.
