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    "id": 1060406,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1060406/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kipipiri, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Amos Kimunya",
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        "legal_name": "Amos Muhinga Kimunya",
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    "content": "and the passion with which people have prosecuted the matters, I was touched, especially when listening to the last group of young contributors such as Hon. Ndindi Nyoro, K.J, Kwenya, not forgetting Muchangi and the others. The passion with which they have talked about what we need to do on the business laws reforms shows that they have an interest in business. Some of them are established business people. They are speaking from experience. As they say, it is the wearer of the shoe who knows where it hurts. I thank Members for their contributions on this. It is also an issue that I am passionate about. In 2007 when I was at the Treasury, I brought in a review of about 1,000 laws that were supposed to be revised. There were 1,370 laws, to be exact, that were sitting in the books as a barrier to doing business. That is when we started winning accolades within the international community for doing something on the ease of doing business. The journey continues. I assure Members that the few laws that are still a problem are being looked into. Hopefully, this is not the last time that we are amending some business laws. We will also look at which others still need to come up. The private sector is also very active. There is continuous engagement between the Kenya Private Sector Alliance (KEPSA) and the Committee Chairs, so that we identify a number of those issues and bring them on board. It is work in progress. I am very touched that Members are so passionate about this matter. We will be able to give Kenyans a law which was first published in December. Hopefully by Thursday next week, we will have it out of the way and start creating the appetite for more reviews on business laws. I thank the committees for what they did, especially the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs for coordinating this. Even when they were still being harassed on the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI), they still had time to look at this. I thank Members and committees. With those few remarks, I beg to reply."
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