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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wetangula",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 210,
        "legal_name": "Moses Masika Wetangula",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, I will try to take less. I was lamenting the death of Mombasa City. I was urging my colleague and distinguished learned friend, Sen. Faki, other coastal Senators and their governments to set up alternative sources of income since the death of Mombasa City appears to have complicity with some of their leaders. Looking at the contents of the Bill, I would like Sen. (Dr.) Zani to know that there are a lot of loose ends in the Bill that need to be addressed. First, Sen. (Dr.) Zani proposes that the County Executive Committee (CEC) member in charge of Tourism in the counties should have the authority to license operators of tourism sites and activities. She has, in the First Schedule, listed a variety of activities, including hotels, clubs, motels, hostels, floatels, bandas and so on that need to be licensed to operate. I believe that what drove Sen. (Dr.) Zani to bring this Bill is to promote local tourism and ordinary people who can emerge from nowhere and run small bandas and grow in terms of economy. However, that noble philosophy is negated by Clause 8 through Clause 14 where the proponent of the Bill seeks to give powers to the Cabinet Secretary (CS) to license the CEC. It does not provide for avenues for appeal where there is an abuse by the CEC. If the CEC unreasonably rejects to license an applicant, there must be an avenue of redress. If the CEC cancels a licence provided, then it goes to the tribunal. What is not clear is whether the tribunal will be set up in the counties or at the national level. I would like to talk about Clause 13(1) which states as follows:- “(1)A person who— 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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