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    "id": 1089570,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Orengo",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Minority Leader",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 129,
        "legal_name": "Aggrey James Orengo",
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    "content": "“The office of the county printer shall be responsible for the printing and publication of the county gazette and shall – (a) Publish in the county gazette such documents and information as are approved by an authorized officer within seven days of such authorization.” That is a dangerous provision because it means that nothing will get in the county gazette until an officer who is a public officer within the county approves such a publication. If it is a matter required by the law to be published in the Kenya Gazette, nobody should seek an approval. It should be self-executing. I see a danger I see here which I think Sen. Wetangula talked about, a little bit. You may go to a county where there is a problem between the county assembly and the governor and there is a publication that is required to be made in the county gazette at the behest of the county assembly. If such has to await an approval of an officer sitting within the executive, I am sure such an officer will frustrate such publication from taking place. Therefore, there is need to re-word that Clause that if there is anything needed to be done by law, no approval should be required from an officer said to be acting under the office of a CECM. I propose that the Clause be reframed so that no one within the county executive can frustrate any publication that is required by law, be it national or laws made by the county assembly. Going into the future, may be even Parliament may require its own printer. I am not talking about a gazette. With the bulk of printing in terms of legislation that normally accompanies the enactment of legislation of both Houses, for purposes of accuracy and record, we may need to think whether we need such an office within Parliament. Of course, that may be necessary going by history. Sometimes we do not realize the number of times when wrong notices are put in the gazette to mislead. Issues have arisen with the Government Printer when gazette notices or even enactments made by Parliament are altered. For that matter and in order for Parliament to have its record of laws we enact and the subsidiary legislation that goes through it, we need a printer just like a university normally has a printer. For example, Oxford University Press is a printer for the university. Looking into the future and knowing that Parliament is going to consist of very many people – if certain things happen - we may end up with 400 to 500 Members of Parliament. We need a repository of our products which is legislation so that we do not have to go the Government Printer to get a piece of legislation which has come from us. For the very purpose that counties also require printers, I think Parliament may also require a printer going to the future. This also goes in tandem with the need to devolve. The office of the Government Printer is being devolved by effect of the County Governments Act as operationalized through this Bill. I commend this Bill and support it fully."
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