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    "speaker_name": "Mumias East, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Benjamin Washiali",
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    "content": "appointment of a special fund trustee, who shall be responsible of receiving and investing the special fund. This is trying to expand and I am sure Members looking at the Bill can see how the amendments will improve the SACCO Society Act, No.14 of 2008. The eighth Act is the Urban Areas and Cities Act, No.13 of 2011. The amendment in this Bill is to introduce a new subsection to Section 3 that requires counties to comply with the National Urban Development Policy. As you are aware, county governments are key stakeholders in urban development. In the initial Act, it was unfair to have left out the involvement of county governments. Some county governments like the one of Nairobi are just city throughout and it is important that the National Urban Development Policy is all inclusive. The amendment also introduces a new provision to empower the Cabinet Secretary to establish and set out the functions of a directorate of urban planning and management within the Ministry. The Ninth Act is the Micro and Small Enterprise Act, No.55 of 2012. The amendments here include the small micro enterprise sector as the largest provider. Of course, it is the largest provider of employment in most countries including Kenya and is a major source of technological innovations and new products. They are essential for the competitive and efficient market. The Bill seeks to amend the Micro and Small Enterprise Act to create a conducive environment for investors. Actually, this is just to improve on the previous Act so that the environment created out of this amendment can also include investors. The tenth Act whose amendment has been proposed is the Public Private Partnerships (PPP) Act, No.15 of 2013. The Bill proposes to amend the Public Private Partnership Act to remove the provisions relating to the Public Private Partnership Committee and to give its functions to the Cabinet Secretary. It is removing the functions from the Committee to the Cabinet Secretary. I think this is an improvement because the role the Committee used to play would now be taken over by the Cabinet Secretary. The amendment also seeks to expand the functions of the unit as well as to empower the Cabinet Secretary to impose a success fee to be paid by a successful bidder on transaction. The Bill also proposes to amend Section 45 to remove the requirement of consultation with the PPP and the approval of the Committee where a contradicting authority choses to conduct a competitive dialogue with bidders. It also seeks to amend Section 54 and sets out the procedures for submission of memorandum to Cabinet Secretaries and presentation of proposals to the National Assembly for approval."
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