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    "id": 1415563,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1415563/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kilifi North, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Owen Baya",
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    "content": " Hon. Temporary Speaker, I move to reply to this debate and the Bill. The Statutory Instruments (Amendment) Bill of 2014 is an important piece of legislation because it has one principal object: To amend the provisions of the Statutory Instruments Act, 2023, to streamline its provisions with the Constitution and ensure better application of its provisions. Statutory instruments are very important, just as Prof. Oundo said. Sometimes, they are more important than the mother-law because they operationalise the laws. Therefore, breaking down the laws and devolving them to where they must be applied becomes easier. The passage of this Bill is an important watershed moment in developing laws in this country. That is because mother laws without regulations may not easily be implemented. But with regulations, they can. The amendments here are important because we have had many issues with regulations. This Parliament has been known over the years for nullifying regulations because of the problems that come with the many that the Cabinet Secretaries are making. I want to ask the Cabinet Secretaries and any person with a mandate to draft statutory instruments to ensure that they abide by this new law so that they present statutory instruments on time. That is, they do not lapse while the mother law still exists. Hon. Temporary Speaker, it is an honour for the 13th Parliament to midwife this important Bill and also an honour for you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, to be the Chair at this particular time and moment in Kenya when we are passing this law. Thank you for your diligence and how you have conducted the business concerning this law. It will go down the annals of history that you sat in the Chair when this important legislation was passed. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. 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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