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"content": "with their children on the back literally running in fright. These well-built fellows destroy the wares, throw away the food and carry away some for themselves, and in a flash of a minute, a family’s livelihood is ruined. Such fellows must face criminal consequences, whether it is in Dagoretti, where my good sister was the Member of Parliament (MP)--- We all shop at Dagoretti Corner and other places. Those people must be protected. This protection must be in this law, if we are going to regulate. Mr. Speaker, Sir, my good friend from Kirinyaga, who moved the Bill, knows that devolution was meant to empower people. Empowering people is not just to allow them to hawk belts, socks, padlocks and batteries, but also to create a fund that hawkers can draw from. Counties must have revolving funds, where traders with as little as an ambition to hawk goods worth Kshs2,000 or kshs5,000, can access this money, use it and pay back. That would be really helpful to people who hawk. The Bill must seek to harmonize and bring order to a sector that is fairly lacking in order. If you want to know the value of such business to the economy, before The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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