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    "id": 578530,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/578530/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Abongotum",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Asman Abongutum Kamama",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I want to confirm that this is the best Bill that has ever been debated to promote the interest of people in the business world. It is a paradigm shift. I agree with my friend, Hon. Makali, that Rwanda is ahead in the pack. When it comes to registering companies, it is the most efficient country at the moment. That country was facilitated by one MP from this House, Dr. Ochuodho, and one civil servant called the late Dr. Oketch. They are the ones who revolutionized the IT system. We have always been craving and wanting a one stop shop where once you present the name of the company, the Memorandum and Articles of Association, the search must be done within one day. Then the owner of the company should be able to take the certificate the following day. I want to propose that we have software so that, at least, when we pass this Bill and when this organization is brought on board--- They should have software where once you present your papers, you should be able to get your company’s certificate within two days. In practical terms, most Kenyan youth go through the hard way to get a company registered. If you go to the State Law Office at the moment, you will see long queues of people basking in the sun from morning to evening. That is why we are recommending that it must be registered within the shortest time possible. It must also be cheap. To register a company at the moment takes between Kshs30,000 to Kshs40,000. A youth who has just come up with an innovative idea from the university can never raise this amount of money. So, we must make it as cheap as possible. In fact, I want to propose that the youth can just pay Kshs2,000 or Kshs1,000. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, in terms of comparing with what is happening, I want to thank the current Cabinet Secretary in charge of devolution for coming up with Huduma Centres. Those Huduma Centres have served the youth in a very special way. In fact, that is the most popular policy that has ever been formulated by the great digital Government of Jubilee. We really support this Bill. As I said, it must be customer focused. Not the traditional way of just waiting to register companies and then it goes like that. There is the issue of corruption. In fact, when those companies are being registered, we normally have cartels and brokers in between. We should be able to remove brokers and cartels in this board. Those cartels are the ones which have made life impossible for businesspeople. In fact, those days, there is a group of businesspeople called the “tender-preneurs”. They just sit down, make deals and get the money without selling a specific product. In establishing those offices, we want a devolved way of managing this office. We should have offices in all the counties. They should have one clerk or somebody to handle this at the county level or we can start with the former provincial headquarters so that young people from Eldoret or my corner where my good friend Hon. Chachu comes from, should be able to access this and get the certificate of the company and do business with Kenyans, Ethiopians and other countries. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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