BRRA TO CONTINUE ENGAGING REGULATORY AGENCIES AND PUBLIC BODIES TO INTEGRATE THEIR SERVICES INTO THE REGULATORY SERVICES CENTRES

 

The Business Regulatory Review Agency (BRRA) says it will continue to engage regulatory agencies and public bodies to integrate their services into the Regulatory Services Centres in order to create a more streamlined, cost-effective and accessible business licensing system.

Speaking in an interview, BRRA Executive Director Sharon Sichilongo disclosed that the Business Regulatory Review Agency is working with different stakeholder institutions regulators to ensure that they look at the regulations that pertain to specific sector and see where the challenges are, and make recommendations in terms of what needs to be done in order to reduce the costs that come with licensing in some specific sectors.

Ms Sichilongo said in interpreting the 2024 Agriculture and Commercial show ‘Creating a Competitive Future” BRAA is looking at themselves as a very key institution with regard to making sure that businesses in the different sectors are competitive and there are implementing the programs that is aiming at knowing the cost of starting and operating a business.

“In order to ensure that that they minimize the costs and operating of business especially for small businesses BRAA and as an agency, we have under our programs, what we call Regulatory affairs programs where we ensure that one of the provisions of the Act, which is to compel all regulators to conduct regulatory impact assessments is adhered too’’Said Ms Sichilongo

In order to fulfil its mandate, the Agency reviews and approves proposed policies and laws that affect business activity to ensure they are legitimate and serve the intended regulatory purpose as well as coordinates development and implementation of appropriate Government-to-Business interventions in order to reduce the regulatory burden on business.