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Too many licences hurting small business traders

The business regulatory framework in Kenya is a major obstacle to economic growth.

When the Government introduced the single business permit, the logic was to amalgamate duplicative licenses into one. However, this has not solved the problem as the spirit of the policy was never internalised.

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