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    "id": 1089737,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1089737/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Farhiya",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Farhiya Ali Haji",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to contribute. I thank Sen. Chebeni for sponsoring this Bill. Doing business in Kenya has always been difficult in terms of getting licenses, the requirements and the time it takes. It is like trying to navigate a very dangerous jungle. By the time you reach your destination, you are almost giving up whatever you were pursuing. Sen. Chebeni has encouraged investors to invest in this country. Imagine having a licensing procedure in all the 47 counties being different. If somebody wanted to invest in all the 47 counties in the absence of this Bill, it would be so difficult for somebody to get a license in each of those counties. Now that this procedure exists, I think people will know that if, for example, I am in the county of Wajir, Nairobi or Mombasa, I know exactly what to expect. I can do business through those different applications that follow a specific procedure. This Bill also addresses timeliness in which licenses must be approved and one must get a response on why their application was rejected and the reason for the rejection. It also sits in specific departments. I urge Sen. Chebeni to add another amendment so that we avoid the idea of asking a secretary or receptionist where I can get certain licenses. We should have an online platform for each department in the county within the website of that county. For example, under the County of Wajir, the department of trade, these are the licenses that are available and the online means of how to apply so that those who are techno savvy can have better lives. They should also tell you what is required so that by the time you arrive at that department, everything is ready for you to submit, so that you do not have to ask extra information from different people as Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve has submitted. The people who wake up in different moods will not affect you having a systematic way of doing business. There are licenses that cut across the national Government and county governments. Imagine when there is no procedure in the county government, by the time you finish with the national Government and you are tired, then somebody expects you to also submit the other requirement for the county government which is different. It would have made doing business across counties extremely challenging. This Bill, which is timely, has addressed those fears."
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