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    "id": 145217,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Mudavadi",
    "speaker_title": "The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Local Government",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 84,
        "legal_name": "Wycliffe Musalia Mudavadi",
        "slug": "musalia-mudavadi"
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, a case in point is the Nairobi Ministerial Hawkers Harmonization Committee which was formed under the auspices of my Ministry two years ago to co-ordinate orderly relocation of hawkers in Nairobi. The success of this pilot scheme led to the settlement of hawkers at Muthurwa Market. My Ministry is now also up-scaling the project to other local authorities. In May, 2008, the Ministry instructed all local authorities to acquire land for the settlement of hawkers and street traders. This is ongoing. The settlement and management of hawkers and street traders is now part of performance contracts in local authorities. It is also important for hon. Members to note that the informal sector management and functions cut across over 12 Ministries without central coordination. That, in effect, contributes to duplication of efforts and confusion within the sector. It is in recognition of that reality amongst other challenges that my Ministry in September, 2008 in conjunction with the National Economic and Social Council and in consultation with other stakeholder Ministries, established an inter-Ministerial Committee to formulate a national policy on micro and medium enterprises and steer the integration of the informal sector into the national economy. The inter-Ministerial committee constitutes 12 Ministries, four strategic Government organizations and two consultants. Its terms of reference in brief are as follows: - (i) To constitute a national institutional framework to manage medium to small enterprises in order to remove duplication of efforts and to build consensus on national programmes for the hawkers."
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