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    "id": 578531,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/578531/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Abongotum",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 165,
        "legal_name": "Asman Abongutum Kamama",
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    "content": "We have always said that doing things the same way all the time will not transform this country. We must be people who promote change. When you look at Kenya, this country has very serious professionals who can transform this economy and take it forward. I just want to propose that the Registrar of Company’s Office must do business the way we do in the private sector. In fact, I suggest that those offices should be located in the most central places and business should be done the way we do it in the private sector. So, this Bill must be supported by this House because we want our young people to go into business. We want those people with better business ideas to go into business. We want our women to go into business because business is the one that runs the world. If you read the American politics at the moment you will realize that there is a multi- billionaire called Donald Trump who started the business of real estate. Most skyscrapers in New York belong to that fellow. So, let us promote this by clearing the first hurdle. Any serious youth or person should be able to get over that first hurdle by making sure that it is cheaper to get this certificate. In the last Parliament, I was in the Ministry of Higher Education, Science Technology. I want to confirm to the House that we have many young men with innovative ideas and inventions, but most of them do not have the financial muscle to get their companies registered. In fact, in exceptional circumstances where you have young people who have come up with better ideas patented, they should even be given for free. Why should they pay when they can come up with ideas that can transform the world? In this context, I want to remind the House that there is one young man who came up with the Mpesa business concept. A young man called Nyagaka Ouko from Kisii invented that software. You can see what Mpesa has done in this country. Though I am not sure whether the young man really benefitted a lot, Mpesa is the best money transfer service in the world. We are even beating Japan. So, people with such ideas or other ideas should actually be given their certificates, they should not even pay. In general, I want to say that I support this Bill and urge hon. Members to support it, come up with best amendments to make it the best Business Registration Service Bill in this country. With those remarks, I support."
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