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"speaker_name": "Tharaka, UDA",
"speaker_title": "Hon. George Murugara",
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"content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I rise to support the Motion before the House which makes a proposition that we should have a unified national policy on SMEs with a view to promoting the informal sector of the economy, be it in agriculture, trade, manufacturing, et cetera . It is common and well known in the country that those who engage in small businesses are popularly known as hawkers and small business people, who nobody pays attention to. Those who try to move up a little bit join the SMEs category. Again here, there is not much attention paid to these people because most notably, we think of big manufacturing companies that do big business in the country forgetting that most of the population down at the pyramid are in the SMEs. This is what we have been referring to as “the bottom.” We need to recognise that unless we change the paradigm, we will not talk about the small entrepreneurs coming up and being recognised. A policy should be mooted and put in place to be executed by the Government whereby the small entrepreneurs will also have recognition in the Government regarding what they do. It is often stated that the j ua kali sector forms about 80 per cent of our economic activity in the country. Eighty per cent is not a small percentage when it comes to the number of people in the country that are employed in that sector. This is why for a long time we have talked about improving the Jua Kali sector to ensure that those who work under shades and those who work in the hot sun are recognised and aided 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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