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    "id": 1395062,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1395062/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kibwezi West, MCCP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Mwengi Mutuse",
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    "content": "It is absurd to have a time requirement for the expiration of regulations. Under Section 27 of the current Statutory Instruments Act, regulations are given a lifespan of 10 years. One would wonder why the regulations would expire when the parent Act is still in operation. Therefore, it is progressive to remove that requirement so that once the regulation is passed, it does not expire after 10 years, but have the lifetime of the parent Act. Just like any other ordinary legislative process, if there is a need to review, then Parliament or the statutory instrument-making authority, be it the Cabinet Secretary or any other, can propose amendments for purposes of revising the regulations. As it stands and as has been explained by the Committee, about 1,500 regulations that were made 10 years ago were to expire on 24th January this year. That would cause a legal lacuna that would occasion a lot of problems in the country. A lot of illegalities and irregularities would be committed by the bodies that enforce those regulations if the regulations are not saved in the manner that has been proposed by the Committee to be given the force of law. I, therefore, fully support the Committee’s proposal to give life to the 1,500 regulations that were to expire earlier this year. Although it may appear to be retrospective, I think it is justified. With that, I beg to support."
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