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    "id": 671828,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Prof.) Anyang’-Nyong’o",
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        "legal_name": "Peter Anyang' Nyong'o",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, Sen. Hassan should give us peace. The month of Ramadhan is over and it does not mean that he becomes a little bit less religious. The next step from being a SACCO is to become a bank. Most of these banks we see in the world today started from such humble beginnings. The bank De Credit De Commerce Agricolein France started by small enterprises in agriculture and putting their money together and forming a source of capital for financing agriculture. That is what became the bank Credit Agricole. The same can happen with the boda bodas and table banking. The only way that they can do so, is for county governments to take seriously sub section (7) of county governments’ functions as listed in the Fourth Schedule of the Constitution. At the moment, I do not think that county governments are taking the Fourth Schedule seriously. I do not think that all county governments have sat down and decided on what to do on this particular function. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, under trade development regulations, including markets, trade licenses, regulation of professions and fair trading practices and co- operative societies, a lot can be done using Sen. Wamatangi’s amendment to the Micro and Small Enterprises (Amendment) Bill (Senate Bill No.12 of 2015). The Bill seeks to amend that section to include the informal sector where the enterprise does not operate from a designated location, including vendors, hawkers, market traders, livestock traders, fishmongers, artisans, handicraft traders, harvesters, cyclists and public transport people. That means that if we will regulate these sectors, county governments must choose to implement this particular section of the division of functions. County governments must come up with trade regulations. One of the things that happen in most counties, including mine, is that the traders who harvest sand or soil to The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate"
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