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"speaker_name": "Kilifi North, UDA",
"speaker_title": "Hon. Owen Baya",
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"content": "Hon. Deputy Speaker, allow me to continue. They need to ensure that licensing procedures are simple and that licensing services are accessible to a person applying for a license. Accessibility is key in doing business. Sometimes we have had a situation where a trader wants to trade with Kilifi, Kwale, Tana River and Makueni, but the office in Kilifi is open on Friday while the other one opens for licensing on Saturday. It becomes very difficult to ensure that there is accessibility. What this Bill will do is to ensure that the licensing procedures are simple, accessible and easy to get for any business person who wants to do business. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor"
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"speaker_name": "Kilifi North, UDA",
"speaker_title": "Hon. Owen Baya",
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"content": "The importance of declaring and upholding proper standards of conduct by licensees is very important. Sometimes, the uncouth business behaviours of licensees are rude and uncontrollable. They want to do everything by themselves and this makes it very difficult for business people. If we pass this Bill, it will ensure that licensees are people who have a standard operating procedure, which they can use to ensure that they do business very well. This is a very important Bill which will promote efficiency and effectiveness in the administration of licensing processes in the counties to ensure that they are undertaken in a fair and transparent way. This Bill from the Senate is going to help run counties for them to be able to generate enough revenue and ensure that there is ease of doing business. We have an opportunity as the 13th Parliament to ensure that we streamline businesses in the counties. Hon. Deputy Speaker, own source revenue has been a key problem for counties. They budget, give huge budget estimates for own source revenue, but they are unable to collect this revenue because of the hindrances that are within the licensing regime. This Bill will ensure that our counties now collect enough local revenue so that they do not have to depend entirely on the national Government. They can now have a uniform, transparent, easy and efficient procedure for licensing. This will help counties to generate more local revenue for themselves. With all those many remarks, I support this, Bill. I would also ask, the Hon. Omar Mwinyi, the great man from Mombasa, the leader from Changamwe, who has been tried, tested and proven to be a quality leader to support this Bill on behalf of the people of Mombasa. I thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker."
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"content": "The Member for Kitui South, Hon. (Dr) Rachael Nyamai."
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"speaker_name": "Kitui South, JP",
"speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr) Rachael Nyamai",
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"content": " Thank you very much, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I will just make a few comments on this Bill. Before I do, I would like to encourage more support to Chairpersons of Committees so that they do not struggle when moving their Bills for Second Reading. I state that as a third-term Member. It is extremely important to support them. This is a very important Bill moved by Hon. Kitany. I listened to her as she moved and the Seconder. The purpose is to ensure that counties do not have different systems of licensing so that we provide as much support as possible to investors. Investors get attracted to a country called ‘Kenya’. As they do their feasibility studies, they realise that Kenya also has counties. At times, they find themselves operating in more than one county. This Bill encourages counties to have a very simple system of licensing, possibly a uniform one, so that they do not struggle. It is very important that it is passed. Investors will invest in different counties without struggling to ensure they follow different systems from one county to the other. I would like to focus on payments, especially levies on roads. When investors are transporting goods, for example, from Nairobi to Kitui, they find themselves paying levies to Nairobi City County. On the way, if they use Mombasa Road they will pay to Makueni County, and then as they cross to my constituency pay levies to Kitui County. Those are three levies. This is a matter that needs to be looked at because it increases the costs of doing business. All these costs are levied on customers. If we have an easier way of making it easier to do business, we will have more investors and ensure our counties grow. Counties will collect more funds and have more development. It is through these companies constructing in our villages that we can get more and more young people employed. This is a Bill that must be supported. Thank you very much for the opportunity. I support."
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"content": "Member for Likoni, Hon. Mishi Mboko."
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"speaker_name": "Likoni, ODM",
"speaker_title": "Mhe. Mishi Mboko",
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"content": " Asante Mhe. Naibu Spika. Ninasimama kuunga mkono Mswada huu ambao unazungumzia leseni na kuhakikisha taratibu zake ziko na usawa katika Jamhuri yetu ya Kenya. Jambo hili ni muhimu sana kwa sababu litawalinda watumiaji wa bidhaa na huduma, kwa wale ambao hawajaelewa, the consumers, ili waelewe taratibu zinazofuatwa kupata leseni. Kuna taratibu tofauti katika kila kaunti. Tukiwa na taratibu tofauti, The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor"
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"speaker_name": "Likoni, ODM",
"speaker_title": "Mhe. Mishi Mboko",
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"content": "mara nyingi tunawaumiza watumiaji na waekezaji ambao wanakuja kwenye kaunti zetu kuboresha uchumi. Mswada huu umezungumzia wakati kaunti inataka kubadilisha malipo ya leseni lazima ifanye mkutano na washikadau, ile tunaita kwa Kiingereza public participation. Wazungumzie swala lile kwamba wamebadilisha yale malipo. Hivi sasa unapata katika kaunti nyingi, wanaamka tu na wanasema pengine kwamba kuegeza gari limepandishwa, na mtalipa pesa hizi. Ama ile pesa ya cess imepandishwa, na mtalipa pesa hizi, pasi na kuwahusisha wale washikadau. Vilevile, Mswada huu umezungumzia kwamba yale malipo yatakayowekwa hayatakuwa ya kuumiza yule mtumiaji ama muwekezaji. Yatamwezesha yule mwekezaji ama mtumiaji wa bidhaa. Iwapo mtu anataka kupata zaidi ya leseni moja, Mswada huu unaonyesha taratibu ambazo zitafuatwa ndio asiwe na ugumu wa kuweka yale maombi ya leseni. Kwa hivyo, kutakuwa na taratibu za usawa, pasi na kuumiza watumiaji. Pia, Mswada unasema huduma na bidhaa zinapaswa ziwe bora. Sio eti kutakuwa na huduma tu ambayo si bora, ama kutakuwa na bidhaa ambazo si bora. Lazima ziwe ni bidhaa na huduma bora. Vilevile kutakuwa na kanuni ama alama ya siri, ile kwa Kiingereza tunaita code . Kutakuwa na alama za siri tofauti katika kila leseni ambayo mtu atakua ameomba. Tukiwa na moja tu, hapo huwa tunakuwa na mchanganyiko na tunaleta shida kwa wale watumiaji ama waekezaji. Tutakuwa na hizo alama za siri ama kanuni tofauti katika kila kaunti. Haiwezi kuwa kaunti ya Kilifi na Nakuru itakuwa na hiyo alama moja. Tukifanya hivyo, tunaleta tofauti ama sintofahamu kwa wale watumiaji wakati wameweka maombi ya kupata leseni zile. Mswada huu umerahisisha ama kuweka mambo wazi na umeleta uwajibikaji katika kupata leseni. Utumiaji unaeleza malipo ya leseni yatakavyolipwa yatakuwa ni kwa njia gani. Tumekuwa na shida sana. Wananchi wengi wanalia. Unapata tu mambo yanaongezwa kila uchao. Tukiangalia hali yetu ya kiuchumi vile ilivyo, japokuwa sasa hivi tunaona mambo pengine huenda yakabadilika yakawa mazuri, Wakenya wengi bado wanapata shida sana kwa sababu hakuna sheria mwafaka kama hizi. Tukiwa na sheria ya kitaifa ambayo itakuwa imesimamia kaunti zote, basi hakuna gavana ama kaunti ambayo itaenda kinyume kwa sababu sheria ni msumeno na inakata mbele na nyuma. Lazima ifuatwe. Mbali na yale mambo mengi ambayo yatafanya, pia katika mambo yetu ya mazingira, ile tunaita kwa Kiingereza environmental protection, sheria hii itachunga mazingira. Mswada huu pia umezungumzia zile taratibu ama njia zitawekwa ziwe ni nyepesi na wananchi apate maelezo. Tunasema access to information ; awe anaweza kupata maelezo pasi na kuwa na vizuizi. Katika jambo hili, kuna mambo mengi sana ya ufisadi. Unapata mtu anaambiwa akitaka leseni ama fomu lazima kwanza achotee mtu. Tunataka Mswada huu uwe na wepesi wa kupata maelezo na taratibu zinazohusika katika mambo ya kupata leseni. Nimefurahishwa sana na jambo hili kwa sababu litahusisha washikadau. Kwa hivyo, hakutakuwa na pahali mshikadau atalalamika na aseme hakujua au hakuhusishwa mambo yanapoenda kwa njia ambayo haikuwa imepangwa. Naibu Spika, ninakushukuru sana kwa sababu unaenda kwa mkutano mwingine muhimu. Niwaambie Wabunge wenzangu, kesho Rais atakuwa katika maeneo ya Bunge Tower kutufungulia jumba lile kirasmi. Nyote mnaalikwa. Poleni, haikuwa mada hiyo, lakini ninawaalika. Ahsante."
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"content": "Member for Wundanyi, Hon. Danson Mwashako. Member for Matuga, Hon. Kassim Tandaza."
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"speaker_name": "Matuga, ANC",
"speaker_title": "Hon. Kassim Tandaza",
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"content": " Asante sana, Mhe. Naibu Spika, kwa kunipatia fursa hii niweze kuchangia mjadala huu muhimu sana katika nchi yetu ya Kenya hasa The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor"
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