{"id":193690,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/193690/?format=json","text_counter":109,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Mr. Muriithi","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":91,"legal_name":"Ndiritu Muriithi","slug":"ndiritu-muriithi"},"content":"Mr. Speaker, Sir, I must say that Mr. Speaker's ruling has given me an opportunity to give a presentation in very specific terms. In my earlier reply, I spoke about three specific private sector companies that are operating in Kisumu City, Eldoret and Nakuru. I mentioned them by name. I said that those private sector companies - Toyota East Africa, CMC Motors Group and Car and General Motors - are active in those areas. I also said that my Ministry has established development finance institutions that provide resources to private sector companies that wish to do business. Therefore, we are taking those specific measures. I alluded to very specific issues. I said that since the establishment of the Youth Enterprise Fund, 243 individual entrepreneurs have applied for resources in order to work in that area. I also said that out of 25 who are in that specific sector, five have already been provided with resources. I named them. As I said, the business environment is critical to enable an individual enterprise to thrive and prosper. So, business licences and local authorities by-laws must be friendly to businesses. Though they might appear general in nature, they have very specific effects on individual enterprises. Thank you."}