The Government is committed in dealing with bureaucratic processes that private sectors have endured for several years.
This was disclosed by Adan Mohamed, Cabinet Secretary Ministry of Industrialization and Enterprise Development, who said the national government is committed to ensuring that bureaucracy becomes an issue of the past in Kenya.
“As a government, we are prepared to take tough decisions to ensure bureaucracy in private sector becomes an issue of the past," said Mohamed.
The CS argued that bureaucracy had made costs of doing business in Kenya go high, with lots of delays in different business transactions ranging from registration of new businesses to supply of goods and services, thereby discouraging new entrepreneurs.
Mohammed said his ministry would ensure that registration process for new businesses take 24 hours, as opposed to the current 30 days to motivate entrepreneurs and ease the process.
He said the government is also improving infrastructure to make sure moving cargo from the port of Mombasa to various parts of the country reduces, thereby reducing costs of doing businesses.
The CS said moving cargo from Mombasa to Kampala would take five days, as opposed to the current two weeks for efficiency.
Mohammed further added that the government intends to produce additional 5,000 megawatts of power, in a bid to reduce costs of doing business and as a way of preparing for future investors in the country.
He said the government is determined to being in good cooperate relations with foreign investors in Kenya, alongside those that intend to do business in the country.
The CS was speaking in Athi River town on Wednesday, during a ground breaking ceremony by Wrigley Company Limited to construct a new factory in the town.