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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cheruiyot",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Majority Leader",
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        "legal_name": "Aaron Kipkirui Cheruiyot",
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    "content": "This is to ensure that we professionalize and observe these standards similarly across all our 47 counties. I like the fact that we are now standardizing the approach of these matters across all our 47 counties. Before this, there were counties which would set a process and other counties would choose a different procedure. Therefore, I like that. Clause 5 is inserting words, which includes the new paragraph that will now read as follows- “In consideration of a license, the applicant shall consult the relevant government entity responsible for standards in order to ensure that the high quality of goods produced, and services delivered are of high standards.” It is the same thing that I was speaking about on standards and quality application. There is a whole new definition of Clause 7 on policies. Many of the clauses including, Clauses 9, 10, 11, 14, 15, 17, and 20 are on the requirements from each of the county governments, the responsibilities of the CECM for that period, the members that will sit in that board, including representatives of the County Chamber of National Commerce. I do not know if we have Sen. Seki in the House, but I know Sen. (Dr.) Lelegwe is the Vice-Chairperson of the Standing Committee on Trade, Industrialisation and Tourism. I challenge them that we need to standardize or perhaps give better legislation on how elections of the representatives for those chambers are done. If we are getting to the point where we are including members of the Chamber of Commerce into Government entities, then it means we must be serious in how elections for those chambers are done in those counties. I do not know whether Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale knows the chairperson of the Kakamega Chamber of Commerce. Perhaps he might not know him. Given that he is a long-serving Member of Parliament, he knows everybody of means and the people that matter in Kakamega County. I hope it is not somebody who is irresponsible, but someone whom, when you include in Government agencies such as this board that is being set up for the licensing procedures, will represent the interest of business people. Otherwise, if you do not standardize the elections and how people live, if it is just a kangaroo exercise where two or three hawkers meet and say that they have the ability to represent the business interest of every other person, forgetting about others that ply different trades apart from hawking, then we will find ourselves in a difficult situation. On clause 24, the following words are being inserted on the definition of the specifications of what the respective counties will take into consideration. Those factors are the scope of the license, the economic considerations, regulatory costs, and so on. Therefore, I thank our colleagues who served in the Mediation Committee for a good job. I am happy that the Senate and the National Assembly are finally agreeing and closing ranks on issues that are important to our nation. Previously, it was impossible. In fact, I recall that during my first days in this House, it was abnormal for a Mediation Committee to live to see their second meeting. Many of them would collapse at the first meeting. They would disappear and never meet again. However, we have come of age. Yesterday, I tabled again the mediated version of the Division of Revenue Bill. I am told it took three meetings to unlock the deadlock. Even if it takes longer, so long as people sit down, talk, agree, and both Houses are able to accommodate and have the perspective of laws that we are making. This includes the interests of us that represent the The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only.A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and Audio Services,Senate."
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