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    "id": 1052443,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Funyula, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr.) Wilberforce Oundo",
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        "legal_name": "Wilberforce Ojiambo Oundo",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. You are safe enough. I will not call you Madam Speaker Sir. I stand to support the County Statutory Instruments Bill (Senate Bill No.21 of 2018). As a Member of the Committee that scrutinised the Bill, I fully concur with my Chair and colleagues who have spoken before me. Allow me to make two or three comments. First, this Bill emanated from the Senate in pursuant to their mandate given under Article 96(2), where they are allowed to participate in law-making functions that affect the counties. This particular Statutory Instruments Bill specifically deals with county issues. Secondly, allow me to also note that under Article 185(3), county assemblies are empowered to make laws that affect specific counties. Some of the arrays of law are primary laws as well as subsidiary legislation. Under the Statutory Instruments Act No.23 of 2013, a statutory instrument is any rule, order, regulation, direction, form, tariff or cost that has full force of law and places some kind of burden on the people to which it is supposed to be applied. Therefore, as we pass this Bill, I ask county assemblies to specifically ensure that before a statutory instrument is 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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