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    "id": 974863,
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    "speaker_name": "Garissa Township, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Aden Duale",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. From the outset, I want to thank Members who have contributed. I specifically want to reply to Hon. Wamunyinyi’s concern. On sections 25 and 26, we have agreed, in principle, that I am going to withdraw those amendments on VAT before we proceed to the Committee of the whole House. The other amendments are on ease of doing business. They are meant to encourage investors and to make sure that ultimately the SGR is successful. So, they are part of the incentives given to investors who want to invest in bulk all the way from Mlolongo to Naivasha to Kisumu. The essence and the most important objective of this Bill is that when the Minister in charge appears before the World Bank and IMF, he or she will help advance our interest which is ease of doing business. We are now number 56 and we anticipate that in the few years to come, this year or next year, we will improve our position to a more favourable one. Maybe, we will be among the top 20 or top 10 in the world and the first in Sub-Saharan Africa and Africa in general. So, this is an important Bill. It is rare to see business laws amendment. The reason those statutes are being amended is to make sure there is tidiness and efficiency in terms of cost, time, regulatory framework and legal framework which will ensure that we support the process of easing the doing of business in the country as spearheaded by President Uhuru’s administration. With those many remarks, I beg to move."
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