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    "id": 847393,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/847393/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kiharu, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Ndindi Nyoro",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13370,
        "legal_name": "Samson Ndindi Nyoro",
        "slug": "samson-ndindi-nyoro"
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    "content": "I see a trend in this country where we have layers and layers of over-regulation. We were just debating another issue about driving schools. That was over-regulation. This issue about installing solar energy in those kinds of houses is over-regulation. This goes against our promotion of private enterprise and the private sector in this country. There seems to be a concerted effort to stifle business people and push entrepreneurs to a corner where they have to keep on fighting for their bread. Those people are doing a lot in so far as spurring our economy is concerned. Very important issues were noted by the Mover about public participation. Public participation nowadays is not a choice. We have to keep doing it. Even in our small jurisdictions, constituencies and in the growth of these small geographical areas, there is hardly anything we can do without public participation. For the ERC to come up with such far-reaching regulations and not to involve the users and the public goes against all the stipulated laws in this country… Also, it is laughable that the ERC - in their definition - assumes that when a house is big, it translates into usage of water. You can even have a ten-bedroomed house and another person has a much smaller house yet, the much smaller house can end up using more heated water. Therefore, I urge the ERC to be a bit more exact and avoid ambiguity insofar as coming up with more regulations in the future is concerned. My parting shot as I finish is that we need to have a smaller Government and lesser regulation in this country, so that we can promote enterprise and the public sector. They do a lot more than the few jobs that we are trying to create in this country by starting so many bodies and so many layers of regulations that increase the recurrent expenditure at the expense of what we need most in this country, which is the development expenditure and providing a fair playing ground for business people and entrepreneurs. I support the Report."
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