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    "id": 1460572,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kathiani, WDM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Robert Mbui",
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    "content": "implement a programme and issue it to be published in the Kenya Gazette. Kenyans have already been convinced to follow it and yet, it has not gone through the House. Secondly, they have also said my question was whether they have a right to determine the minimal wage before discussing it with the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection. They have said that the Authority supposedly followed the Regulations of Wages General (Amendments) Order of 2022, Legal Notice No.125 of 1st July 2022, as issued by the Cabinet Secretary. However, the figures that were reflected in their legal notice are totally different from those that have been given by the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection on minimum wage. That, again, is not exactly the truth. Finally, they have also avoided coming to the Committee on Delegated Legislation to bring in the regulations they were supposed to. They have argued that they did not have funds for public participation. The Committee constantly invited them, and if they had a problem with funds, they would have come to the Committee to explain their problem so that they could be given an extension of time. Instead, they found it easier to ignore the Committee and implement the Regulations with complete disregard for the rule of law and the Constitution. Article 94 of the Constitution is clear that no authority or nobody has the ability and the power to make anything with the force of law except Parliament. Therefore, Hon. Speaker, I believe what they have done is wrong. They needed to have just withdrawn that legal notice so that we can start the discussions when it is not in place. Thank you, Hon. Speaker."
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