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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Dear my fellow Kenyans and Friends,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">I am new here and I don’t know the rules of the house. But here is my two cents.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">ICT board will have to come up with
<span class="apple-style-span"><b><span style="background:white">business registration database</span></b><span style="background:white"> with aggregated information with fields on specific business identification number, name, business activities, geographical
location. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;background:white"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;background:white">Then find ways to connect with Kenya social security fund and Kenya Revenue Authority using a single Taxpayer Identification</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;background:white"> </span></span><em><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;background:white;font-style:normal">Number</span></em><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;background:white"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;background:white">(</span></span><em><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;background:white;font-style:normal">TIN</span></em><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;background:white">)
coupled with The</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;background:white"> </span></span><em><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;background:white;font-style:normal">Kenya
National</span></em><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;background:white"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;background:white">Bureau
of</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;background:white"> </span></span><em><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;background:white;font-style:normal">Statistics</span></em><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;background:white">
.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;background:white"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;background:white">This maybe be a little aggressive but with all these features in place we can even start implementing online registration where
one can register a company in the comfort of their homes or at any internet café without necessarily going into any office thus more investors in Kenya and more wealth. But put in mind EFT online payment system will be critical to all this.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;background:white"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;background:white">In short to get to three days Registration it will take some hard work and aggressive implementation of new technologies and integration
of Kenya social security fund and Kenya Revenue Authority for a start.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;background:white"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;background:white">Lastly there must be a reason why Rwanda is rank number 58 in the world as the best place to country to invest in Africa and Kenya
dropped from 94 to 98.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#00B0F0">Rgds,<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#00B0F0"><br>
Titus Ngeno<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Director of Business Development – Africa Region<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Ebix, Inc.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Direct 1 </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">678-242-2875
</span><span style="color:#1F497D">| Fax 1 305 284 7440 | Cell 1 913 207 8107<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Email <a href="mailto:titus.ngeno@ebix.com">
<span style="color:blue">titus.ngeno@ebix.com</span></a> | Web <a href="http://www.ebix.com/">
<span style="color:blue">www.ebix.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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