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    "speaker_name": "Dagoretti South, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. John Kiarie",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. The opportunity to stand up and support this Business Laws (Amendment) Bill is not taken for granted. I first want to congratulate the Leader of the Majority for preparing an amazing Bill that we will support even without any need for amendment and secondly for his patience, knowing that he sits here the whole day unlike some of us who are able to take health breaks. For that, I congratulate him. As we talk about ease of doing business, we also need to understand our history of business. To my mind, I believe that global business over the years and throughout history has been informed by historical epochs. These epochs could be revolutions that changed the world. I believe that at the outset, business was spurred by the first revolution that a man was able to mechanize and have a steam engine; they were able to get power out of water. That was the first revolution that informed business. There was a second revolution where mass production became the order of the day. It is this time that electricity was introduced. This informed business. The third revolution which I believe informed business is what we used to call dot.com. Around the turn of the millennium, electronics, Information Technology systems and automation took over. As we speak we are in what we call the cyber physical systems; the internet of things. This is what is informing global business as we speak today. So, as we make laws that speak to business, we have to understand that our laws are playing catch-up. We have to work a bit harder as the people who legislate for business in this country so that we are not left too far behind because as you realise of all these four revolutions, Africa cannot lay claim to any of them. That begs the question then, are we modelling our businesses on the right foundations so much so that even as this Business Laws (Amendment) Bill is as perfect as it looks, we will need to look further afield to find the solutions that we need? One of the solutions that I would propose is the fact that we can start out by looking at how to grow organic businesses from what has been naturally provided to us by God. If we took up the feeding of our people as our core business, we would revolutionise agriculture. I know that agriculture, on its own, would be able, to not only feed our entire population, but also employ all these young people we keep saying are jobless; so much so that even our Big Four Agenda can end up being one big agenda. If we got our agriculture right, industrialisation will take place beginning with cottage industries. Our people will be healthier for eating more organic foods. Our people will even have disposable income which they can save in health insurance. With disposable income out of agriculture, our people will be able to build their own good homes and dignify how they live so much so that we might not need to bite bigger chunks than we can chew. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, we also need to think about why we are trying to make it easier to do business. What is the mischief that exists today? To my mind, I believe that the 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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