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    "id": 1088085,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1088085/?format=api",
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Sakaja",
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        "legal_name": "Johnson Arthur Sakaja",
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    "content": "Thank you very much, Madam Temporary Speaker. I rise to move that The Start-Up Bill, 2021 be read a second time. This Bill as you are aware had already been passed or rather a similar Bill had been passed. It is part of the 23 Bills that due to the court process because of lack of concurrence had to be republished by the Senate. Members had passed it unanimously. I think everyone appreciated the central place that start-up ecosystem in this country holds. This is also one of those Bills that is a product of a lot of innovative public participation. We came together with a huge group of young people and some old people in the star-up ecosystem from incubators to those who are actually owning start-ups to those who are in the innovation field in the tech area. We conducted many virtual sittings across the country even outside Parliament’s traditional public participation. We have stations in Voi, Nakuru, and even in the North of Kenya of young people who came and gave us a lot of views. Madam Temporary Speaker, I am glad that given the opportunity because every cloud has a silver lining, in as much as it was unfortunate that we had to republish all those Bills, when we republished we were able to incorporate the fresh ideas that had come from these young people. This version of the Start-Up Bill has a lot of those fresh ideas. Even as I go into giving an overview, I thank that entire team. We had Victor Agolla, Waithera Gaitho of Kenya Private Sector Alliance (KEPSA). We had Joram Mwinamo of Sound Box. We had Bernard Chira. We had a lovely lady Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr. introduced me to called Fiona Mungai of Endeavor which is an amazing company across the world that supports star-ups in the tech field. It has huge turn overs."
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