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    "speaker_name": "Kipipiri, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Amos Kimunya",
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        "legal_name": "Amos Muhinga Kimunya",
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    "content": "of those rare situations where a Committee has met, looked at it, is satisfied with it and does not intend to make any amendment. It means we can expedite this so that by the time we are talking of the next review by World Bank in terms of what Kenya has been doing on business, our ranking is better. With COVID-19, there is a lot of money out there looking for decent places for people to invest. However, people are not just looking at where to put their brick and mortar but also on promises by governments: road shows by investment authorities of those countries; when they get to the ground, how easy it will be for them to do business in terms of how to register, get licence, get electricity connected and pay taxes like the harmonisation that we are now talking of. For example, on 9th of every month you can pay your taxes together rather than sending somebody every day to pay NHIF for you as we normally do. When the other one is due, you go and pay again. However, by just writing a single cheque, one person can go and do all that in a day. We are not going to attract this money unless we change our operating and legal environment, specifically where people are looking for predictability. I want to ask for the support of the House to expedite this process so that we pass it. It is very simple. It may look bulky but most of them are small items. The Committees have looked through it, and have identified one item for rejection. Fortunately, it is also within one of the Bills that we have withdrawn because it affects the counties. With those remarks, I beg to move and request our very experienced Member of the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs Committee, Hon. George Murugara, to second."
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