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    "id": 1424219,
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    "type": "speech",
    "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": "Bill will ensure that nobody exploits the mischief of trying to implement regulations that are null and void, which is the case. Clause 2 of the Bill more specifically, will be amending Section 11 of the 2013 Act and determines that our Delegated Legislative Committee will require the regulation making authority to submit an instrument to Parliament within seven days of the date of the resolution of the committee. Further, notwithstanding subsections 4 and 5, Parliament may, where a statutory instrument ceases to have effect in accordance with subsection (4), notify the public in two newspapers that the instrument is a nullity. Before, we did not have that regulation. There was no way of notifying other entities that we had run short of this. Therefore, it was incumbent on the other bodies and the authorities that are handling this Bill to notify the public that these regulations are no longer in force. How do you report yourself? What Government entities do is that they continue to operate with those regulations. Therefore, that is what we are seeking to cure by ensuring that our Committee on Delegated Legislation can notify the public and say, buyer, beware. In the sense of the members of the public, that regulation and this on a particular sector or field is no longer operational until Parliament gives further notice. Therefore, in conclusion, the passage of this Bill will ensure transparency and accountability in consideration of statutory instruments. I urge hon. Senators to support this Bill. It is a very straightforward issue. It has five clauses only. It is not anything that anyone would consider controversial or wish to say a lot about it. Therefore, because I respect Parliament, I love putting it to good use of its time. When a Bill is brief, even in their moving remarks, the Senate Majority Leader also has to be brief. When it is elaborate, I have to be elaborate. I do not see why I should take more time than that to explain the three clauses that exist in this Bill. With those very many remarks, I beg to move and request the Chairperson of the Justice, Legal Affairs and Human Rights Committee, the Senator of Bomet County, Sen. Hilary Sigei, to second."
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