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    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1342208/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kilifi North, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Owen Baya",
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    "content": " Hon. Temporary Speaker, thank you for giving me this opportunity. I also pass my appreciation to the Committee on Delegated Legislation for the work they have done. While I agree with the Committee that we should annul these regulations in their entirety, certain questions beg some answers. Yes, Parliament has Article 95, which states that we are the sole House to make laws. But again, the establishment of the Committee on Delegated Legislation in this National Assembly shows that it is possible to have another body make law with the authority of this House. That is why the Committee on Delegated Legislation looks at those laws and passes them. We even have something called subsidiary legislation. Subsidiary legislation does not usurp the legislative authority of the House. That is why regulations must always come to the House. But what keeps me asking myself this question is this, and I want Hon. Chepkonga, the Chairman, to listen to this. For how long will this House continue to annul all regulations? This is because every time Hon. Chepkonga stands to speak on regulations, he always says, 'annul in its entirety.' Hon. Deputy Speaker, you once served as the Chair of this Committee. I know you also brought many annulments, but there are times when you also said approve. Now…"
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