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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Oketch Gicheru",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. It is nice to see you as well. It has been a while. I thank you for giving me an opportunity to contribute to this Motion. It is a very good and timely Motion. The Kenya Kwanza Government has really struggled with the idea of mainstreaming what it calls “hustlers” especially those hustlers that might be doing business at the grassroots level, in terms of small-medium enterprises (SMEs) that need to be mainstreamed in to the formal economy. We have had a number of statistical analysis in the country and many of these micro-small and medium enterprises (MSMEs), about 70 to 80 per cent, are still in the informal sector. This is a behaviour of business, the same way we have the behaviour of investors in the international stage. Government regulations in general have highly contributed to investors and business alike, small or big, medium or large, not being able to effectively participate in doing businesses. One of those Government regulations is definitely licensing. It is a regulation framework that is aimed at ensuring that a business or investors in our country comply with some issues. Given that this Bill predominantly yearns to ensure that there is uniformity of procedures that are followed by different businesses and MSMEs in our counties, in terms of getting permission to do business, I do applaud it. This is definitely a Bill that we must all support. However, I want to inform my sister, Sen. Mariam Omar, that procedures for licensing form a very small part of the difficult reasons that make it difficult for businesses to be able to thrive and even engage in a way that they can be mainstreamed in the formal sector and do better in business. First, I wish to encourage Sen. Mariam Omar to look at Clause 7 of this Bill and define further the definition and purpose of licensing. That definition will perhaps help us explore the thoughts that Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale the “bull fighter” was trying to engage with Sen. Mumma. If you only look at procedures of licensing, then you are dealing with one problem of ease and effort it takes to get licenses in this country. If you only deal with the effort 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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