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    "id": 576019,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/576019/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. J. K. Ng’ang’a",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Joseph Nganga Kiuna",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to support this Bill. Any investor, local or foreign, looks into some considerations before they decide to invest in any kind of business in any area. In Kenya, we have an enabling environment to do business. Among other factors, investors consider security at the top. The second consideration is business expansion or opportunity and the third one is the market. The fourth consideration is the workforce or the labour. In Kenya, we have all the enabling and conducive factors to do business. President Obama’s visit to our country was an eye opener to many local and foreign investors to come and do business in Kenya. If we support this Bill and clear all the handicaps and the challenges, which hinder many businesses, we shall be creating employment for our youth. In this country, we have very many youths. For us to employ them, we must create an environment where the business community will invest well and get returns. I hope this House will agree with me that for us to have that enabling environment, there are some other factors and challenges we have to look into, which if we do not look into, might make it very difficult for local and foreign investors to do business here in Kenya. One of them is security. We have to make sure that we have enough security in our country, especially in the tourism industry. Any tourist who visits Kenya comes here to enjoy and relax. He cannot come to a country where there is any kind of insecurity. So, as the Government, we need to make sure that there is enough security, so that when tourists come here, they feel safe to enjoy their holiday."
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