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"content": "heightened campaigns, jostling and pushing for executive power because, one, the winner takes it all. Two is because there are only two positions. Madam Temporarily Speaker, we must have an expanded Executive where we have the President, the Deputy President, Executive Prime Minister, two Deputy Prime Ministers and we have a leadership that is clear. I do not see the need to appoint a Member of Parliament (MPs) and they resign; we go for by-election and the country incurs expenses. Let us allow MPs be appointed to the Cabinet. Let us give them sitting allowances in the Cabinet and save salaries so that we can have a country. Madam Temporary Speaker, I hope in the nine Bills that we are intending to bring, and one of them being the Constitution (Amendment) Bill and this one being Statutory Amendment Bill. I am happy the ‘youth leader’; Sen.(Dr.) Oburu Odinga, looks excited, especially when I mention the issue of expanded Executive, because we want his brother, Rt. Hon. Raila Amolo Odinga to continue serving as the Prime Minister of the Republic of Kenya, going into the future. They are doing good work with the President. Secondly, it was Section 11 on the amendment on the Statutory Amendment 2024. When you read the parent Act; that is, the Statutory (Amendment) Act of 2013, it is very clear. On the Committee on Delegated Legislation, I think in the last session, I do not know, whether Senator Faki is lucky, or always lucky, because in the last session, when the reorganization of committees in 2020, he became the Chair of the Committee on Delegated Legislation. He did very good work. I would have expected him to go back, but I think he decided to deal with issues of land in thecoastal region and the entire country. I remember at that time, we used to argue on the timeline of Committee on Delegated Legislation. They might have tried as a committee. Madam Temporary Speaker, Section 2 of the Statutory Instruments Act of 2013, the definition of Regulatory Making Authority, has been given an obligation to do their job. I remember during the tenure of Sen. Faki as the Chair of the Committee on Delegated Legislation, some of the regulatory making authorities were delaying in doing their job. In fact, we had to argue on operationalization, because after we have passed a Bill, the parent ministry is given authority to do regulations. They stall the operationalization of that Act of Parliament, because they are not very keen in bringing regulations. I am happy it has been made now mandatory, that within 12 months, they must give us timeline for regulation. Sen. Madzayo, you remember it took so long for regulations on the Data Protection Act, the Information Act of 2016, to be brought to Parliament. This was because somebody somewhere in the Ministry was sleeping on the job. I am happy they have been given within 12 months to ensure those regulations are formulated and passed, so that they do not stall our work. Madam Temporary Speaker, out there, the Senate and National Assembly appear not to do their work, because after we pass an Act of Parliament, somebody goes to court"
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