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    "id": 1114909,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kanduyi, FORD-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Wafula Wamunyinyi",
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        "legal_name": "Athanas Misiko Wafula Wamunyinyi",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I have looked at the Report of the Committee on Delegated Legislation and it is very unfortunate that we have seen instances of abuse in this country without any action being taken or corrective measures taken. Therefore, I want to applaud the Committee for the work they have done. First of all, in consideration of the matter, they established that the law was contravened. In particular, the Petroleum Development Levy (Amendment) Order, 2021 was published in the Gazette Notice on 13th May and submitted to the National Assembly on 10th August 2021. This completely contravenes Section 11(1) and (4) of the Statutory Instruments Act, 2013 which has very clear provisions and requirements on what needs to be done. The Committee has made very clear recommendations so that abuse does not take place and all Government officials, namely, the ministry and every person, must know that when you contravene the law, there must be some remedial steps. So, the recommendation by the Committee of the House is to annul in entirety the said statutory instrument as it contravenes Section 11(1) and (4) of the Statutory Instruments Act, 2013, and for other aforementioned reasons. I think we should agree with these recommendations and adopt the Report, so that corrective action is taken by the Ministry. It is usually not easy for such administrative actions to take place. We have seen a recommendation from the House. You will recall sometime ago when there were regulations being made and the Ministry deliberately disregarded the law to be followed thus the regulations were not even referred to Parliament. It appears like the other arms of Government are forgetting that Parliament is key and it has an important responsibility. We must protect the power that the Constitution has given to Parliament. We should not, as Parliament, give away what is ours. This must be protected and we must ensure that the other arms of Government follow the law and comply with the requirements of the law. I wanted to add my voice on this and state that we should be strict about our powers as a House. In future, we should ensure that everybody complies with the law. With those few remarks, I support the Committee’s recommendations. The Report should be adopted, so that we can take corrective action."
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