President William Ruto's administration has moved to implement his campaign pledge of implementing the single business permit.
While addressing journalists on November 2, Trade Cabinet Secretary, Moses Kuria, revealed that the government was pushing for the project to begin in January 2023.
Nairobi County business people will be given priority before the project is spread to other counties.
Kuria explained that the move was aimed at easing the process of securing permits for businesses and cutting down costs incurred.
He acknowledged that potential business owners had shied away from investing their money given the hurdles the numerous permits had posed.
"We will work together, and by the first week of January, Nairobi, we will have implemented the single business permit.
"A single business permit has to be a reality. Governor Johnson Sakaja and I have agreed to pilot this in Nairobi.
"We are looking at areas of opportunities, not just cost issues but bureaucratic issues," the CS stated.
On his part, representatives from the Nairobi County government led by Deputy Governor Njoroge Muchiri expressed their support for the move.
Muchiri indicated that they would raise more money through the exercise.
The county administration was also looking to enhance security measures to ensure that traders do not take advantage of the exercise.
"When you get to pay for a specific permit, we create one single permit that will have a QR code. We are not going to drop revenue streams," Muchiri stated.
The implementation of the single business permits was one of Ruto's campaign pledges, even as he noted that many youth were struggling to set up their enterprises given the numerous federal and county government permit requirements.
