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    "id": 1337831,
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    "speaker_name": "Ainabkoi, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Samwel Chepkonga",
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    "content": "amendments that must be made to these proposed amendments. They are called Bills because they need to be debated. The House must agree and amend as necessary so that we can have a law that will be representative of the people of Kenya. I must thank you. We have heard many comments, including from Chairs of Committees, that we should take into account the inputs of various Committees while we are considering these regulations. I assure you that these Committees are composed of very well-informed Members from various Committees, across the board. What we do and insist every time regulatory making authorities appear before a Committee, is that they should carry out public participation which should include their relevant Committees. That is so that we know they have taken into account everybody’s comments so that we comply with Articles 10 and 118 of the Constitution when we are considering regulation. That is a requirement of Section 13 of the Statutory Instruments Act. I sincerely thank all the Members. Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for the very useful suggestions you gave us on the Floor when we were contributing. Your experience is worthwhile taking into account that you have been a very eminent Member of that Committee. Just to remind you, our own late Justice Madan once told two members of the bar, while they were arguing, that the senior should not despise the young lawyer because he has the benefit of recent learning. He equally turned to the young lawyer and told him not to despise the old lawyer because he had the benefit of experience that the young lawyer did not have. We know you have the benefit of experience. We do not intend to despise it, at all. We have considered this. I also thank the Deputy Speaker who has agreed with the Committee. She has consented that we carry the amendments in a published Bill so that we do not have to come back to debate a Bill which has also two clauses equal to ours. The other very important contribution made by Members is the concern that regulations come into operation before the House approves them. We intend to carry an amendment that will require that regulations be brought to this House for approval before they are implemented. We have seen occasions and situations where regulations have been brought to this House, we have annulled them, they have applied them, and it has affected the rights of the people yet the regulations have not been considered by the representatives of the people. Hon. Temporary Speaker, we intend to carry out an amendment during Third Reading that will provide that regulations will be published, but will not come into effect until approved by this House. That is one very important recommendation that has come from this House. As a Committee, we would like to sincerely express our gratitude to all the Members for their contributions. It has taken a while. We did not think that it was going to take more than 30 minutes because there were just two amendments. It elicited a lot of debate here and we would like to thank the Members. With those remarks, I beg to move. In the spirit of Standing Order 53, I would like to request you…"
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