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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I rise to support this proposed amendment and I have several reasons why I should do so. I urge the House to also listen to this and reconsider its position. First and foremost, I have read the Committee Report. The Committee is saying that there exist regulations, but there has been laxity in enforcing them. I will begin by informing the House that regulations are what is known as subsidiary legislation. Subsidiary means they are not at the level of the actual legislation. They are halfway between the laws. Therefore, what Hon. Simon King’ara is doing is to uplift those regulations so that they can become full laws in an Act of Parliament. It is important to inform the House that the hierarchy of laws in the country is as follows: 1. The Constitution 2. Acts of Parliament 3. Subsidiary legislation 4. Precedence from the courts So, if there is a problem with enforcing regulations, the best way to tackle that laxity is to ensure that those regulations are moved upwards from subsidiary legislation to actual laws in an Act of Parliament. This is what Hon. Simon King’ara is trying to do. Therefore, as we debate, may we please know that what Hon. King’ara is proposing to do is not inconsistent with our law-making process in the country. There is absolutely no problem whatsoever with taking regulations from the form they are in (to be enforced by a regulatory-making authority) and moving that to an Act of Parliament which now behooves the entire country for purposes of enforcement. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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