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    "id": 1010204,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mbeere North, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Charles Njagagua",
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        "legal_name": "Charles Muriuki Njagagua",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Like my able Chairman has said, we were not able to consider those statutory instruments. The reasons are clear. Before I get to that, I must state that the Statutory Instruments Act, 2013 was amended in 2015. We amended Section 15 and it was clear that any instrument brought before our Committee must be considered within 28 days. If that is not done, then it is assumed that that instrument will be passed without the consideration of Members. We ask this House to decide in our favour on the reasons for seeking extension of time. It is not that we slept on the work that was placed before us, but other matters of national importance were brought before us, for example, considering the COVID-19 related statutory instruments. We had to deal with about 23 of them. So, they took precedence over other matters that we were to consider. I pray that Members will decide in our favour, so that we get the days we are seeking for extension to consider the statutory instruments that are before us. With those few remarks, I second."
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