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    "id": 1128516,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nyando, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Jared Okelo",
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        "legal_name": "Jared Odoyo Okelo",
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    "content": "All business ideas are good, but doing them is another thing. That is why KIRDI together with what we are doing today needs to be expedited so that the ideas – and they are myriad – our people out there have to undertake business enterprises can be made into practicability. On the flip side, it is sad that a research that was carried out on businesses indicated that every business in Africa tends to have a lifespan of only three years. Only three years! Any business that has gone beyond three years will be successful. So, between the time businesses are created and a lot of capital is injected to the time that businesses die under three years, you can imagine the amount of losses accruing from investors. So, KIRDI is there to augment and provide a remedy so that before anyone engages in any sort of business, you will have all the pros and cons and make an informed decision on whether you still want to pursue their agenda or you would want to change course. We acknowledge that there are no jobs in Kenya. That is why we must encourage people to do businesses, however small. My brother and good friend the Hon. Member talked about how he began from the lowest to the highest. He will tell you the amount of challenges he had to surmount on the way. If KIRDI existed then, he could have had a better platform to do it much better. That is why we must fast-track this Bill and make it an Act of this House so that our people can get the right information. We know of attaches in our embassies abroad. You will be amazed that even though we have education attaches and military attaches, trade attaches are not there. That is a big gap that we need to fill so that our goods here can get markets abroad by engaging these trader attaches. A classic example is what happens in the Arab world. They are in dire need of beef up to now. They had given an opportunity for Kenya to export beef. But our standards are poor, we do not have trade attaches to negotiate on our behalf out there. Therefore, even as we expand the horizon of KIRDI, we must also push the Government to engage trade attaches out there. We have heard enough about Singapore. When you go to Singapore and look at part of their success, it is that you register business enterprises within 30 minutes. All their systems are integrated. All Government departments are integrated. In Kenya it will take you forever to register a business enterprise. Even if you people eat your money in between here as conmen, brokers and agents who are appointed by nobody; we must acknowledge that if we must succeed as a nation, then the bureaucratic processes and procrastinations championed by the Government must be eroded so that we have a fair platform for people to do business. We know that Kenya is an agricultural country and tourism has also played an important role as number two earner of our revenue. But, with Corona and many other challenges, tourism The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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