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    "id": 1360007,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Eldas, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Adan Keynan",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 41,
        "legal_name": "Adan Wehliye Keynan",
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    "content": " This Act is very critical that it is the only hope amongst the many avenues that we have in realising the effect of the many sources of law. We have many sources of law, namely, the Constitution, Acts of Parliament and subsidiary legislation. The effect of this is to ringfence the implementation and adherence of both the letter and spirit of what we do here. In the past, we used to have the Minister for Finance acting both as the source of law and the law. For instance, during the budget-making process, they would hoard goods and the next day, you would see a gazette notice in circulation. That era has come to an end. We must jealously protect the gains we have made. I am glad the Committee has seen this. Those of us who were in that Parliament saw it. One of the things that forced us to resort to this had something to do with a problem that is yet to be solved. It is still before the KRA. It has been mutating. Now, this is going to amplify and properly put it in perspective. I am glad we have senior lawyers, I do not know whether you qualify as a senior lawyer, Hon. Temporary Speaker, but in my mind, I regard you as a senior lawyer like Chepkonga because I have interacted with you many times. This is what we need to do. Public participation is in our Constitution. Is there any room for wayward civil servants to go round effecting a non-existent Act of Parliament or provisions of the Constitution? I am glad this Parliament has brought this at this time. This is the right time. You notice we are yet to settle. People are looking at different aspects of the Constitution. We are still yawning for further constitutional changes yet our role as Members of Parliament is not properly protected. This is a good thing. I am glad those who are not familiar with the introduction of pre-publication of these many gazette notices… There was a time when you had to seek leave of the House to move a Private Member’s Bill. I am glad Hon. Sirma is here. We are past that era. Right now, if you look at the stages of Bill making, there is pre-publication scrutiny, public participation and other stages. This pre- publication scrutiny for gazette notices and other legal devices that are likely to be used possibly by the members of the Executive, the Judiciary or even Parliament itself, will kill this. It will sanitise the way the law is accepted. Hon. Chepkonga, I am glad you are midwifing this. Please, look at it further and make sure that everything is in line with the current Constitution."
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