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    "id": 1128229,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1128229/?format=api",
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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": " Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I want the Chairperson of the Committee to listen and indulge us. Based on practicability, the same issue of timelines came up when we were doing the Sugar Bill. Based on the experience, those of us who sit in the Committee on Delegated Legislation and based on the timelines required to prepare and submit a regulation in terms of drafting, public participation, validation and the rest, it is not practically possible to achieve that feat within six months. We discussed this matter and I think it was already on The Hansard record that we will retain the same tendency or practice of giving whoever is responsible at least one year to prepare and have the entire process comply with the Statutory Instruments Act. Otherwise, we are proposing something that is not doable. Since there are no sanctions against the regulation-making authority, this is a wasted law. It is just legislating in vain. So, I request the Chairperson to move a further amendment and move it to one year. I put this on record because with four years sitting in the Committee, I have sufficient experience to talk authoritatively."
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