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    "id": 578553,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Saney",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 2988,
        "legal_name": "Ibrahim Abdi Saney",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. The intention of the Bill is good and in consonance with our Constitution. The creation of the envisaged business registration services, whose objects include registration, keeping an inventory of businesses, doing research, offering policy advice and collaborating with other state actors is well-thought. On registration, the Bill intends to streamline operations and bring in efficiency so that people can easily register businesses. This will undoubtedly motivate starters who are willing to do business. This will remove registration hurdles, bottlenecks, corruption, eliminate hatred and other unnecessary bureaucracies that have hindered the rural folk and poor Kenyans. The development of a one-point business registration centre akin to our already operational Huduma Centres is also welcome. We have had serious challenges in the ownership of businesses in Kenya. Unscrupulous entrepreneurs have always formed companies, dropped them easily and changed the directors leading to the development of mysterious entities doing business in this country. I am sure with the development of this State corporation, we will streamline ownership of businesses and we will know who the real owners of each business entity registered in this country are. On the devolution of business registration, I agree with the previous speakers that with the onset of e-procurement, which appears to be centralized, there is the likelihood that should the business registration services be headquartered in Nairobi alone without further devolving the services to other parts of the country, we will impede the coming into business of many pastoralists, special groups and marginalized communities, who may not have the opportunity or access to Government services of registering business. If I may recall what is happening with e- procurement right now, most rural folks and pastoralist communities do not have the capacity to participate in e-procurement. I have fears that if we do not devolve the registration of businesses we may also block the rural communities and special groups who may not participate in the registration of businesses. On research, I have some issues on the object of this business registration services doing research. I would be more comfortable if there will be a requirement in law which tasks this corporation to keep an inventory of all foreign agencies doing businesses. If we allow that, we will avoid cases like Anglo-Leasing, mysterious institutions that win big awards in our country and whose identity is not known. I want to appreciate that there are so many informal businesses in the rural community, especially pastoral communities. Businesses that have been making a profit, tested over the years and have already developed a niche for themselves. Those are informal businesses. It would be 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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