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    "id": 1144366,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1144366/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Funyula, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr.) Wilberforce Oundo",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Wilberforce Ojiambo Oundo",
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    "content": "board. You cannot tell us that we are going to pass regulations that were drafted in 2014 and you want them to be superimposed and apply to the modern Kenya in 2022. As we annul these Regulations, we need to send a very clear message to the regulation- making authorities that this House or the Committee on Delegated Legislation is not a rubberstamp. We have a right, a moral obligation and a constitutional right to protect the interests of Kenyans of whatever shades of life. Therefore, as you prepare any regulations, you must be alive to the provisions of the Constitution concerning public participation and more importantly, what is provided for in the Statutory Instruments Act. Failure to comply with any of the relevant rules and laws will not give any reason to listen to you. We will simply annul so that we send you back to the drawing board. We need to make laws that are progressive and laws that will stand the test of time. The Statutory Instrument Act indicates that the validity period of an Instrument is ten years. So, if we are making Regulations based on 2014 consultations in 2022, are you not out of time and tune? We must, therefore, have Regulations that address current issues and project what will happen in future. That is why we require a regulatory statement to confirm that all is well. With those few remarks, I support the annulment with a very clear message. Do your work properly or otherwise all the Regulations that come to the Committee on Delegation Legislation and this House without complying with the law are dead on arrival."
}