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I feel greatly privileged as a member of the public in taking this opportunity to make my comments on the above. I do realize that the main objective is to unlock our potential as a country, enable investment and create an enabling business environment for sustainable economic growth. The stage we are in as a country requires that we rely more on the private sector for growth. Much has been done to remove most of the legal obstacles that hinder our entrepreneurs from being able to do more, but the finance area which is key to unlocking capital for investment has not been explored to the full. The time has come for us to put in place the prerequisite structures that will catapult us to the next level and give us a competitive edge as Kenyans. One of these enablers is the creation of a Development bank as you have wisely proposed. Having worked in the financial services sector for not less than 25 years, I have witnessed firsthand some of the challenges and obstacles faced by our busines

Looking at events from the ancient days of man to those dating as recent as a few decades ago the history of man is replete with either individuals or whole communities who went to great lengths to register achievements some of which are quite rare. Some of these feats in the form of projects or activities are quite telling about what kind of results human passion and ambition can realize whether positively or negatively projected. History records many events some of which appear bizarre when viewed from the current knowledge and science perspective not only because of their magnitude and impact on society but also for the sheer fact that enormous resources, time, talent, and great human effort and skill were a key input. The result of some of these activities fails to be justified from a modern world perspective thus bringing into question the reasons as to why they were hatched altogether. The ideal answer to the many probing questions we raise as we peep into what the ancients did w