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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Tabitha Mutinda",
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    "content": "Even those who are worth billions or millions started from somewhere. There is always a starting point. That is why zero is also an important digit. The amendment seeks to bring on board also those with start-up businesses. I agree with the Senator for Mombasa. We have been having business people using young people’s identification cards and PWDs as directors of companies in the name of winning particular tenders. That has been happening. However, with this particular amendment, it will give them confidence to register with minimal or zero cost to obtain NCA certificates. The NCA certificates are in ranges depending on the category that one wants to get involved in. Depending on whichever category one can afford, different terms are put, but it should be as low as even Kshs2,500 or Kshs3,000. As I conclude, I would like to talk about what is hapenning in Nairobi. We have seen rogue business people putting up buildings. Some of them do not have correct NCA documents. The NCA should be more keen and ensure that buildings that are coming up, especially in the city are certified. During the recent floods, we saw buildings coming down. At times, it was because someone presented fake certificates. You will find someone being awarded a contract and yet they do not have the expertise and techniques needed according to the NCA standards. The NCA not only issues certificates to businesspersons, but it also requires you to have the personnel for your company such as those with engineering skills to oversee or supervise the work after getting a contract. This is a good opportunity. As a Government, we have championed opportunities for women, the youth and PWDs. This will be one of them when we agree to pass this particular amendment. I heard one colleague talk about the data for the jobs. That is the 30 per cent given to women, PWDs and the youth from different counties. That falls under my Committee on Finance and Budget and the report is available. A Member of this House requested for that report. We, as a committee, got the feedback and shared with the Member. That information is available not only in our committee, but also in relevant Government offices such as the National Treasury. If you look at it, they have indicated how many youth, women and PWDs were awarded tenders. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, to our surprise, the number is quite high for the youth, women and PWDs. The only issue is knowing who those individuals are. Are they aware that they are also directors or their names are just being used? I support."
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