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    "id": 1318004,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1318004/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Funyula, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo",
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    "content": "I call upon the Committee to entrench pre-publication scrutiny practice. I request the regulatory making authorities to embrace pre-publication scrutiny where regulations need to go through several processes. Firstly, they are developed through public participation and probably even conferring with the main departmental committee to make sure they align with the policies of the sector and the departmental committee, and are in tandem with the law. That process of sieving will make sure that we have a just law that serves Kenyans. After that, they can do further pre-publication scrutiny with the Committee on Delegated Legislation. If there are any constitutional issues that have been breached, they are cured at that particular moment before wasting public resources and time to publish and purport to enforce a regulation that is clearly unconstitutional. It becomes onerous, expensive and cumbersome to Kenyans. That is what we need to do now continuously. Let us look at our old laws to ensure they are aligned to the Constitution 2010 and alive to the happenings in the world. Thank you, Hon. Temporary speaker. I congratulate the Committee."
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