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    "id": 1031670,
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    "content": "My Government has heeded the cries for bold and decisive actions to reduce the unnecessary regulatory burden occasioned by the multiplicity of licenses at both the national and county levels. Our initial focus in Nairobi City County has seen the waiver of single business permits for all new businesses registered in Nairobi for the first two years of their operations, effective March this year. We also have waived the presumptive tax requirement for all new businesses. These two initiatives and others within our ease of doing business programme will now be aggressively rolled-out nationwide, as we endeavor to make it even easier for both local and international investors to set-up, operate and expand their businesses. Our endeavor is to make Kenya the best country in the Continent in doing business by the year 2022. For this, I seek the support not just of this House, but also of our 47 county governments. As we continue to create an enabling environment for our enterprises to thrive, we are also enhancing connectivity in the country through ports, road and rail. In respect to key national trunk roads, the construction of the Nairobi Expressway Project continues apace. Just last month, I witnessed the signing of Africa’s largest Public-Private Partnership funded project, the Nairobi -Mau-Summit Express Way. These are milestones which will have significant positive impact on the economy, by decongesting Nairobi’s gateways on the part of the Expressway Project and by opening up the economies of and increasing connectivity in Western, Rift Valley and Central Kenya on the part of the Nairobi-Mau-Summit Project. Hon. Members, with regard to ports and bridges, the Lamu Port Berth-One is now complete, and the focus has shifted to bringing it into full operation for trans-shipment cargo. My administration is also in the final stages of installing the Likoni Floating Bridge, an 824m long bridge costing Kshs1.9 billion, that will be the first automated floating bridge in Kenya. The Likoni Floating Bridge will help to decongest ferry transport at the Likoni Channel in the context of COVID-19 safety concerns and beyond by providing a safe pedestrian connectivity from Liwatoni on Mombasa Island to Ras Bofu on the Likoni mainland side. Further, the Kisumu Port Rehabilitation works are ongoing, and the new port is now already processing fuel products to Uganda. On our railways, two days ago, I commissioned the Nairobi Commuter Railway Upgrades, which are set to dramatically change the public transport experience in Nairobi and across the Metropolitan Area. Additionally, we are undertaking rehabilitation of the meter gauge railway line along various routes. The Nairobi to Nanyuki route is now back in service after decades of dormancy, with the Naivasha to Kisumu route currently undergoing an overhaul under a multi-agency team coordinated by the Kenya Defense Forces. With regard to the energy sector, the last mile connectivity programme crossed the 7.2 million household connections mark and the country is proceeding well towards"
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