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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Mumma",
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    "content": "The Mover of the Bill should also relook at the definition of the “licensing authority”. According to the Bill, the definition appears to be a person who provides licenses. This definition is loose. When you look at the actual Bill, the licensing authority is either a person or entity with so much power that is not precisely anchored for us to know what it means. The Mover of the Bill might want to begin with an enabling Clause that mandates a county to establish a licensing authority for purposes of performing several roles. The authority should either be a legal mechanism or a person. However, you need to know whether it is best placed on an individual or an entity, while being careful not to establish an unnecessary semi-autonomous entity at the county that can only take away more funds from the taxpayer. Please think through the issue of the licensing authority and how we should anchor it in this Bill. Moreover, we need to know the relationship one licensing authority will have with another in a different county, where the businesses we are talking about will transcend across the counties and require that we provide easier routes for those taking part in a particular business. I agree with the Senate Majority Leader that Clause 27 should not be here. The licensing business is for the counties. Therefore, we should not take their functions to the national Government or mandate a Cabinet Secretary to start making regulations. Once we make this law, we need to state the minimum standards that will apply across the 47 counties. Thereafter, each county assembly will make the necessary regulations for purposes of implementing the law at the county. That power could be given to the County Executive Committee Member (CECM) in charge of trade, in consultation with the county assembly, or whatever way we will find to be best suited to deliver on that issue. We also have regional blocs. I happen to be a Member of the Committee on Devolution and Intergovernmental Relations. In the committee, we are trying to find ways of legislating the intergovernmental entities that can facilitate the thinking through this. The Intergovernmental Relations Act provides for sectoral committees. We have the Sectoral Committee on Trade, Tourism and Cooperatives established under the Intergovernmental Relations Act. To what extent will the law that we are making be a subject area for the Sectoral Committee on Trade, Tourism and Cooperatives and other related matters? The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard Services,Senate."
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