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    "id": 1099304,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Kang’ata",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 1826,
        "legal_name": "Irungu Kang'ata",
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    "content": "After that, there have been several statutes, which have continued to increase or embed new regulations and requirements, which negate the growth of businesses. I will give you one example of what we call the National Environment and Management Act. It is a requirement before you establish a business premises that you do what is called an environmental audit. Again, you have to pay to a person who is going to do that. To me, that is a bottleneck to businesses. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, again, you have other requirements of public health. If you are doing construction, you have to get a permit from the National Construction Authority (NCA). All those licenses whose net effect is to make it harder for a person to open up a business ought to be reduced or rather be collated into one document, as we did with single business permit. This is to ensure the business environment in our counties goes on, and it is better and easier. That will also make Kenya and our counties rise up in the index of ease of doing business universally. I will rest my case by asking various Senators that we fought for more money to be sent to the counties. However, it is so sad that there has been a lot of corruption in our counties. It is also very sad that some governors have been using thugs and goons to manage our counties. I pray that in the next dispensation, we shall have governors who will not govern using goons. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, as a governor, you must be a democratic person who is ready to be criticised by wananchi. We are not demigods; we commit a lot of errors. Every time we do something wrong, let us be democratic and allow criticism from any quarter. That is how a democracy operates. However, this business of governors employing goons to intimidate unions and health workers--- Currently, thousands of workers have not been paid. I know of several counties, including Murang’a, where the parking attendants have not been paid. Therefore, I strongly believe that we need to fight and ensure they are paid in advance, so that our counties can run well. Thank you."
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