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    "id": 1089330,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1089330/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Lang’at",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Christopher Andrew Langat",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for also giving me this chance to congratulate Sen. Sakaja for coming up with such a very important Bill at this time. We know very well that unemployment is the greatest problem that young people mostly in developing countries all over the world are facing. This Start-up Bill is the hope of this nation and beyond on matters providing solution for unemployment. It is very important to understand that at first, when Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr. and Sen. Wetangula were talking, I was almost thinking we were engaging ourselves in our political caucuses. After reading this Bill, I decided that I must support it openly. Start-up has to do with promoting creativity, which is what makes people earn their living. It is a way of doing things differently. Albert Einstein said that doing the same things the same way and expecting different results is mediocrity. This Start-up Bill will promote creativity and continuous improvement of what we have today. When people go to the market, they are always out there to seek for new things, models and designs. This Start-up Bill has a way of creating that avenue. On matters innovation and incubation, we have to know that it always promotes new opportunities. You can see markets in our country be it in Eastleigh, Gikomba and the rest, that the new designs in everything that we are getting comes from outside our country because we never come up with legislations that will open up creativity among our people. Today we cannot go creating legislation that will deny some importation of some materials or any foreign trade from getting into our country. To compete in a very healthy way with other countries all over the world and to get favourable competition, innovation is the way to go. Another important thing regarding start-ups is ability to respond to international challenges. To respond effectively to challenges such as COVID-19 and the rest, innovation is the way. This is a very important Bill especially when I see an area of establishment of incubation programs. Incubation programs specifically are those designed to enable growth and innovation in a country. I have read this Clause and seen very important elements that will support innovation in our country. I am also very happy on registration of start-ups. As most of our colleagues have said, I have seen the requirements for registration. The bureaucratic red tapes that are all over are not having a way here. Today even for somebody to get an opportunity somewhere there are so many requirements. Apart from college certificates, one must have a certificate of good conduct. All those that require money that our youth often do not have. There is no red tape that will hinder registration of start-ups. I am happy the bureaucratic red tape that hinders registration of businesses has been discouraged in this Bill. The process should be made accessible and easy to register start-ups so that even for those people down there who we normally call themselves “hustlers” or people without definite ways of making a living, this Bill will provide an effective roadmap that"
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