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    "speaker_name": "Homa Bay Town, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Peter Kaluma",
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    "content": " Thank you very much, Hon. Speaker. Let me first thank the House Committee on Delegated Legislation for bringing this Bill, which I support save that I will be proposing a few amendments to the very provisions that are proposed in the Bill to make it work better. Delegated legislation, whether you call them subsidiary or subordinate legislation, derive from the fact that under Article 94 of the Constitution, the legislative authority of the nation is granted to Parliament. The primary legislative authority is with Parliament. Parliament, in most cases, will legislate directly. In other cases, Parliament delegates legislative authority to other bodies, especially within the Executive. The reasons for delegated legislation include the following: That Parliament deals with a myriad of issues. As a House in charge of legislation and other roles under Article 95 and 96 in terms of the respective roles of the two Houses, we seldom have time as Parliament to give all the details you need in a legislation for the good governance of the people. Hon. Speaker, most of the Bills we pass here contain provisions delegating the power to make laws, which is initially invested in Parliament, to various regulation-making authorities in the Executive or other bodies performing administrative functions. At times, we are also faced with the paucity of time. At other times, it is said Parliament delays, but it is not just to mark time. There is the issue of technical expertise that may be needed for expeditious implementation of the various laws we make. Because of that, Parliament will bear with skeletal frameworks, but provide rule-making authority to other 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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