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    "id": 241379,
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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Muturi",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 215,
        "legal_name": "Justin Bedan Njoka Muturi",
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    "content": "In as much as the Minister has continuously briefed the House, there is need for that kind of information dissemination mechanisms to be expanded, so as to reach the widest spectrum of the Kenyan populace. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, as the Minister for Finance read the Budget here, he made proposals by way of Notice of Motion that several trading licences were going to be abolished. Indeed, I have seen the list. The idea is to make sure that people have definite places where they should go, without having to be told, go for this licence go for the other; a multiplicity of licences. Is it not possible for the Ministry of Trade and Industry to liaise with the Police Department and other arms of Government, such that when there is this kind of move, in order to give incentives to our traders, they may stop harassing traders who may be starting business? As long as those licences are there, notwithstanding the fact that the Minister has published repeal laws, you will find the Kenyan policeman still harassing small businessmen in the villages. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I note that the Ministry has a small allocation of Kshs43.5 million for the Department of Internal Trade. What worries me is that, that money is supposed to be subsidies to small businesses, co-operative socities and the self-employed. That is contained on page 375 of the Printed Estimates of Development Expenditure, but when you move to the next page, you find there is an allocation in the Directorate of Industries of Kshs130 million which, again, is to go to subsidies to small businesses, co-operative societies and the self-employed. My worry is this: It is a very small sum, but in order to promote equity in the country, could we be told by the Minister, when he replies, how he proposes to identify those self-employed, co-operative societies and small businesses which will benefit from this kitty, so that at least we have a fair distribution of the national cake? With those few remarks, I beg to support."
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