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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Marakwet West, Independent",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Timothy Kipchumba",
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    "content": " Hon. Temporary Chairman, I take this opportunity to support the amendment by the Deputy Speaker. However, I have issues with the Statutory Instruments Act. Some bodies which are not mandated to make law in this country are doing so, on behalf of Parliament. Under the Statutory Instruments Act, a law in the form of regulations is proposed by the Executive and this House has only two options - either to annul the regulations or accede to them as brought by the Executive. I call upon the Committee on Delegated Legislation to look into this critically. The Chairman of the Committee is present. I hope he will take up this matter. The Act has given leeway to the Executive to make legislation for onward transmission to this House for accession or annulment only. This House has no room to propose amendments to Statutory Instruments. We have no role. I insist that the Committee considers reviewing these provisions to ensure that when a piece of secondary legislation comes to this House from the Executive, the House has a say in terms of proposing amendments to such legislations. Giving us the options of either acceding or annulling statutory amendments would, really, be testing the law-making powers of this House."
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