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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Funyula, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo",
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    "content": ", then it should be amended. Therefore, we should allow that any regulations can be passed in this House by amendments. In such a case, if the Committee makes any amendment to the published regulations, then those amendments must be subjected to debate in the plenary and passed as they are. Hon. Temporary Speaker, I also agree that we must enhance the fine for failure to comply. The penalty was too lenient such that any regulatory-making authority could make any regulations without complying with the orders of the Committee because they know the fine is minimal and they could easily pay it. We should continuously reinforce and ring-fence the role of Parliament in making laws. In fact, regulations have a higher impact than the principal Act. We must continuously find ways and means of ensuring that any law that has an impact on the people passes through this House. Hon. Temporary Speaker, the Ministry of Education, for example, has a notoriety of issuing orders, guidelines and practice notes that have far-reaching consequences on the teaching fraternity and the education sector and yet, they are not subjected to any form of scrutiny. We must expand the application of this Statutory Instruments Act to deal with any matter that impacts the people of Kenya. With those few remarks, I support."
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