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    "id": 1424218,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cheruiyot",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Majority Leader",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Aaron Kipkirui Cheruiyot",
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    "content": " Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I beg to move that the Statutory Instruments (Amendment) Bill, (National Assembly Bill No.2 of 2023) be now read a second time. This is a very important piece of legislation. Brief as it is, it carries with it very important powers of Parliament which have been assumed by other bodies. Madam Temporary Speaker, on many occasions, I have seen either the Cabinet Secretaries or even state agencies continue to carry on legislations that have the full force of law without consideration of Parliament. This is sometimes even when they have lapsed, without any reference back to the House of Parliament for consideration of the same. This Bill seeks to cure that anomaly. That is why I like the fact that this Bill is being moved here in Parliament, so that colleagues can have time to debate and share one or two things they think about this process. I have seen on many occasions sometimes newspaper items that erroneously report on the process of consideration of regulations that they have already been approved or not approved, that Parliament has ceded its power by passing a particular Bill. This is a mother law on all regulations that are supposed to be considered by the Houses of Parliament. Therefore, it is not possible by other subsidiary legislation to take these powers away. Anything that will have the force of law outside there by way of regulation will have to follow the route that will now be dictated by this Bill. Therefore, the principal object of this amendment Bill is to amend the provisions of the Statutory Instruments Act of 2013, which is to allow the Committee on Delegated Legislation to require the regulation making authority to submit to Parliament a copy of any regulation that ceases to have an effect by operation of law. That is when time lapses, it must come back to both Houses to consider. That is what is being referenced in this Bill. The amendment further obligates Parliament to notify the general public in two newspapers of wide circulation that a statutory instrument, which ceases to have the effect by operation of law, is a nullity. You must notify the public that this regulation has ceased to operate because of the reasons that have been stated. Fourthly, as I mentioned, there have been cases where authorities fail to submit regulations to Parliament and such regulations continue to be in force until sometimes Parliament actually either annuls them or recalls those regulations. This Bill will ensure that the regulation making authority submits statutory instruments to Parliament. The The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."
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