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    "id": 1402448,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1402448/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Runyenjes, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Muchangi Karemba",
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    "content": " Hon. Temporary Speaker, it is also right to call me Hon. Karemba. It is my name and it features on my national identity card. I support the Bill. It is time that we had a uniform law that governs the way business is conducted in counties. One of the roles of the Government is to regulate and facilitate the ease of doing business in the country. The Government can only employ around one million people in the public service. The rest of the people in this country are employed by the private sector. That is where they have been absorbed. The proposed law is supposed to facilitate the ease of doing business. That is where it matters most. It is very difficult for new and small business owners to move around the country selling goods and supplying items. If you have a business that is domiciled or registered in Nairobi and you want to move your items to counties like Kiambu, Kirinyaga, Chuka, Tharaka Nithi or even Meru, you are required to pay distribution licenses in all those counties. It is very difficult to get resources to pay for those licenses and still make a margin of profit from those businesses. You will find that most businesses end up collapsing or dying as a result of multiple levies that are charged on them. This is a very timely proposal. Everybody should support this Bill so that we have a standard or uniform way of charging levies across the counties, so that we can give businesses an opportunity to thrive. This law will help our country to be competitive in terms of doing business. That is where it matters. Once again, I support the Bill. It is timely and everyone should support it because it is a good idea."
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