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    "id": 1415550,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1415550/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kibwezi West, MCCP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Mwengi Mutuse",
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    "content": " Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I will be very brief. First is to thank the Committee on Delegated Legislation, led by the very able Hon. Samwel Chepkong’a, for a job well done. They have done a good job in terms of listening to the public as required by Article 118 of the Constitution and incorporating the views of the public. Public participation is mandatory in law-making. Secondly, the principal object of the amendments to the Statutory Instruments Act, as stated in the objective clause of the Bill, is to align the Statutory Instruments Act to the Constitution and particularly to Article 94(5) of the Constitution, which requires that no person or body, other than Parliament, has the power to make provision having the force of law in Kenya. Therefore, the exclusive mandate of law-making is conferred by the Constitution on Parliament. Parliament would recall, and Kenyans also know, that there have been many bodies in this country that have been publishing regulations and other statutory instruments without the approval of Parliament. Making it mandatory to align with the Constitution that you cannot have a statutory instrument, be it regulations or circulars, that have the force of law without the approval of Parliament is in itself very progressive. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor"
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