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    "content": "city. Before that market, all those people were on the streets, but a huge enclosed market was created for them. People know that if you want to go to the informal sector to buy cheaper goods, they go to Mercado Cuidadela. Rather than buying things on the streets, they buy them in the market within proximity of each other. If you enter that market, you can spend a whole day there because there are banks, restaurants and all other services. Therefore, the small business enterprises are contained within a framework where other services are also selling their services. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, those are some of the practices that our counties must adopt. In juxtaposition to Sen. Wamatangi’s amendment to the MSEs Bill, comes this particular section of the Constitution, which unfortunately from what I can see in our Committees, both in the Committee on Finance, Commerce and Budget and the County Public Accounts and Investments Committee (CPAIC)---- Unfortunately, not many counties have taken into account to create a change in the culture of commerce, trade and industry in the counties so as to encourage the small enterprises in this sector to develop. An artisan is somebody who must be allowed to be creative and have an environment where his creativity responds to market needs. You cannot have an artisan who is creative and subject him to too many regulations because by doing that, we kill productivity. What an artisan needs is for his product to be recognized; to have access to the market and for him to pay for services that the city offers after the sale of his products. We have so many artisans in this country. We have musicians, creative people and many others. Unfortunately, we have rigid rules and regulations that thwart creativity, especially in the entertainment industry. One of the things that the counties should look into are rules and regulations at the national level which have thwarted the creativity among artisans, particularly in the entertainment industry. This blocks them from prosperity and expansion of their market. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, all these things are under the authority of counties. Therefore, counties should not wait for the national Government to change the laws. The counties themselves should propose those changes and pass those laws at the county level. If then those laws are in contradiction with national laws, then it falls upon us as the Senators to bring harmony between the laws. However, at the moment, the reason Kenya is doing so poorly in terms of art and creativity is because of the backward laws and regulations that make it very difficult for artists to expand in creativity and put much more goods into the market. Sen. Wamatangi’s amendment is extremely important. Some of the sectors of the economy that are to be included in small enterprises are artisans. For example, my county is one of the counties around the lakeshore which is talented in art and music. As you know, some of the most important musicians come from my area. They have adopted Congolese to all kind of tunes. However, what surprises you is; to what extent are these artists prosperous? Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, with those remarks, I beg to support."
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