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    "id": 949957,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/949957/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Murkomen",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Majority Leader",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 440,
        "legal_name": "Onesimus Kipchumba Murkomen",
        "slug": "kipchumba-murkomen"
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    "content": " Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I rise to support the Street Vendors (Protection of Livelihood) Bill, 2019. This is a very important Bill because if there is a sub sector in the business sector that has been ignored for many years, it is the one for street vendors. That is so, yet the Government gets taxes from these business people and they go through terrible harassments. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I would really want to persuade my colleagues, like Sen. Malalah – although he has been very committed to becoming the next Governor of Kakamega County – to think beyond Kakamega. This is because this is about the dignity of a business community that has always been abused. If you watched the news a week ago, you must have seen some street vendors in Kitengela, Kajiado County, being beaten mercilessly by county askaris. This happened because there is no designated street vendors’ area, and there is no clear business plan for how they will carry out their business. In fact, it is because street vending is generally considered a bad behavior across the country. It is also considered to be illegal. Therefore, this law is very important, in the first place, because it is recognizing that sector. It recognizes this sector as one that is worth being protected because they are contributing to the economy of this country. It also recognizes that that their struggle is because they do not have the money to officially hire a business premise to run their businesses. Mr. Speaker, Sir, if you go to many towns in the world, for example, to Netherlands, you will find that on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, certain streets are blocked by the city governments – either in Amsterdam or in Denhaag – to allow street 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."
}