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"content": ", then it should be amended. Therefore, we should allow that any regulations can be passed in this House by amendments. In such a case, if the Committee makes any amendment to the published regulations, then those amendments must be subjected to debate in the plenary and passed as they are. Hon. Temporary Speaker, I also agree that we must enhance the fine for failure to comply. The penalty was too lenient such that any regulatory-making authority could make any regulations without complying with the orders of the Committee because they know the fine is minimal and they could easily pay it. We should continuously reinforce and ring-fence the role of Parliament in making laws. In fact, regulations have a higher impact than the principal Act. We must continuously find ways and means of ensuring that any law that has an impact on the people passes through this House. Hon. Temporary Speaker, the Ministry of Education, for example, has a notoriety of issuing orders, guidelines and practice notes that have far-reaching consequences on the teaching fraternity and the education sector and yet, they are not subjected to any form of scrutiny. We must expand the application of this Statutory Instruments Act to deal with any matter that impacts the people of Kenya. With those few remarks, I support."
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"content": " Hon. Members, given that no other Member is interested in contributing to this Bill, I call upon the Mover to reply. Yes, Hon. Owen Baya."
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"content": " Hon. Temporary Speaker, I move to reply to this debate and the Bill. The Statutory Instruments (Amendment) Bill of 2014 is an important piece of legislation because it has one principal object: To amend the provisions of the Statutory Instruments Act, 2023, to streamline its provisions with the Constitution and ensure better application of its provisions. Statutory instruments are very important, just as Prof. Oundo said. Sometimes, they are more important than the mother-law because they operationalise the laws. Therefore, breaking down the laws and devolving them to where they must be applied becomes easier. The passage of this Bill is an important watershed moment in developing laws in this country. That is because mother laws without regulations may not easily be implemented. But with regulations, they can. The amendments here are important because we have had many issues with regulations. This Parliament has been known over the years for nullifying regulations because of the problems that come with the many that the Cabinet Secretaries are making. I want to ask the Cabinet Secretaries and any person with a mandate to draft statutory instruments to ensure that they abide by this new law so that they present statutory instruments on time. That is, they do not lapse while the mother law still exists. Hon. Temporary Speaker, it is an honour for the 13th Parliament to midwife this important Bill and also an honour for you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, to be the Chair at this particular time and moment in Kenya when we are passing this law. Thank you for your diligence and how you have conducted the business concerning this law. It will go down the annals of history that you sat in the Chair when this important legislation was passed. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor"
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"content": " Fair enough, and thank you for the compliments. The Question on this matter will be put on another date."
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"content": "(Putting of the Question deferred)"
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"content": "Next Order."
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"content": " Hon. Temporary Speaker, we indulge you through Standing Order 53(3) to allow that you defer this Question until a certain time when Parliament meets again. I thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker."
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"content": " I have directed so. Order No. 18. Hon. Rashid Bedzimba."
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"content": "(The Temporary Speaker consulted with the Clerks-at-the-Table)"
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"content": "Yes! Call up the next Order."
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