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    "speaker_name": "Aldai, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Marianne Kitany",
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    "content": "The Bill also creates a licensing authority which will vet the issuance of licenses as opposed to licensing being done by individuals to avoid issues of corruption. Some Members have mentioned how getting licenses in various counties is marred with a lot of corruption. The licensees or traders have to part with a lot of money before licenses are issued. At the end of the day, they may not be able to recover that money due to the cost of doing business. As anticipated in the Bill, the licensing authority will help to avoid corruption. If a license application is rejected, a review body has been set up to look into why that license was rejected so that licensees get justice and value for their money. The other issue that has come out is that the cost of licenses is too high for many licensees. The Bill seeks to ensure that before licensees pay the license fees, details of the license will first go to the county assemblies for approval before it is implemented. More importantly, there is room for public participation where the public shall review these license fees to decide whether they agree or disagree with their being levied or their increase. This will help businesses so that we avoid the current scenarios where a county government may just unilaterally decide to increase license fees for certain license categories, therefore, making the cost of doing business in a county very expensive or unattainable for the licensees. The duration of licenses is another issue that has come up on the Floor. The Bill will seek to clear the issue of duration of licenses. It will now be a year from the date of issue as opposed to a calendar year. Some licensees would get a license in September and by December it has already expired. The duration of a license will be one year from the date of issue."
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