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    "id": 578550,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Lentoimaga",
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        "legal_name": "Alois Musa Lentoimaga",
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    "content": "Thank you so much Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to support this Bill. It is a very important Bill. Going by the Memorandum of Objects and Reasons, I can cite that the first paragraph has the objective of this Bill which is to establish business registration, serve as a State corporation under the general supervision of the Attorney- General in order to improve efficiency. I want to underline the words \"efficiency\" and \"effectiveness.\" The problem in the registration of companies and those other organizations in the AG’s office has been bureaucracy and corruption. Bureaucracy gives birth to corruption. Over the years we have realized that there are so many brokers who are stationed in every side of this city. They are all directed at the AG’s office in terms of registration of companies. I hope this Bill will go a long way to curtail this kind of bureaucracy and even corruption. At the same time, image is a very important asset in Government offices. For most of the offices in the Government sometimes when you go to look for a service, you are asked, “What is your problem?” However, in the business sector you are asked “What can I do for you?” That statement “What is your problem” discourages clients. It makes you feel that you are not wanted there. So, I hope this Bill will go a long way to stop that kind of behavior among civil servants and ensure that registration is faster, efficient and goes along to assist in building the image of Government. I want to underscore the issue of the Huduma Centres which are being established all over the country and they are meant to provide a one-stop-shop. This Bill will go a long way to assist us to decentralize this service so that we can get registration at the county level. After devolution, we realized that even registration of schools has been decentralized to counties. This has gone a long way to help many parents and teachers to register schools faster than they were done before. So, the office should be decentralized to the counties so that our young people at the county level and any other persons are able to register their businesses. Business is thriving all over this country. After the promulgation of the Constitution a lot of business has come up. However, many of our people have been unable to start businesses because of registration. In our counties, especially where I come from, Samburu, we get an influx of people coming from outside the county to do business in our place. Just because our people have no idea of where to 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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