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    "speaker_name": "Makueni, WDM-Kenya",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Daniel Maanzo",
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    "content": "counties. As I have said, this has been running even during the time of county councils. The collection of revenues in county councils has had regulations. The leases in the county have had regulations, even issues to deal with health because health is devolved. In agriculture, like we are dealing with the case of locusts in a number of counties, all those and even the COVID-19 regulations we made here, some will apply from the national level down to the counties and some will be specific counties. This has been operating without a law and there has been a lot of non- compliance or at times misuse of the regulations made by the counties through their executives. That is why we are now supporting this Bill. It has been developed from the Senate so that the same can be duplicated at the counties and there could be order and the same system we use here so that there is no law which is made from the counties without an approval of the elected members of the county assemblies. It is a way of making sure there is accountability and making sure that there is fairness and making sure that whatever regulations made at the county are reasonable and are made to serve the people. They should follow the law so that they are constitutional and they are regulated by an Act of Parliament. They cannot go outside the same practice we do public participation before we approve these regulations to make sure that public participation has taken place and the stakeholders dealing with that matter have participated. It is constitutional and also making sure that there are records. Where an instrument has been made in a county, it can also be annulled by the assembly there if it has not complied with the law or, in one way or another, it is unconstitutional or illegal. Therefore, this is going to make sure a lot of illegalities which have been committed there in the counties or some torturous regulations or regulations which have not been by the people through public participation have been in operation in many counties. I believe this law will not be applied retrospectively. The moment it becomes a law, it is going to be practiced immediately. Thereafter and most probably many instruments which are operational in the counties will now be approved properly by county assemblies and will be able to serve in a better way. Therefore, I believe this is a very good law. We have been doing it here and making sure whatever Government regulations are made are pursuant to Acts of Parliament. We really do not have Acts of County Assemblies but, definitely, some of the regulations even originate from a statute of law which exists, but has to be applied at the counties if the function is devolved, like the Health Regulations. Some will be specific to a specific county. There can be an outbreak which is specific to a specific county and then regulations have to be made. Therefore, when they are made, they have to be ratified by the assemblies there. So, I believe it is a very good law. It is going to serve the country better. It is going to cause a committee of the county assembly dealing with delegated legislations, similar to what we have here. I believe this is going to improve service delivery to the people. I beg to support and thank you."
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