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    "id": 578558,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) S.W. Chege",
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        "legal_name": "Sabina Wanjiru Chege",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I want to thank the Leader of the Majority Party for donating some time for me. I support this Bill. As I was listening to the Hon. Members making their contribution, I was almost worried that we are having another structure coming up that is going to be a burden to the taxpayers. I looked at the merits of the Bill and, we actually need this Board to harmonize what is happening in our business industry. We have had companies transacting business with the Government but when you later try to trace the ownership, you find that the owners are anonymous or not even known. I am bit concerned where we have investors who come and do business in Kenya. You find that they export and come with their own people. Sometimes they do business with us and when they leave, we do not have any expertise left behind. I hope this Board is going to harmonize that. We know our friends who are doing a lot of business and construction in Kenya. There must be some certain percentage of people who will be either shareholders or trained manpower so that when they leave, we will have our own people. As I support, I have seen one of the objectives is proper maintaining of registers, data and records and implementation of relevant policies. We hope this Board is not going to be just another board. We hope it is not going to just sit in Nairobi but that it is devolved to the counties. A good example is what the Huduma Centre has done. I hope this board is going to complement what Huduma Centre is doing."
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