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    "content": "Is Hon. Cheptumo in the Chamber? I thought I saw him sneak out through that door. Some of you may not know that I make those observations. Be that as it may, he has a Vice-Chairperson, Hon. Member for Kirinyaga Central, Hon. Gitari. He is the Vice- Chairperson. I have addressed this issue of subsidiary legislation and regulations. There are different categories of regulations. If you read the PFM Act, it says clearly that whether the House committee approves or does not approve the regulations, they become effective after 15 days. Depending on all the specific provisions of the enabling parent legislation, subsidiary legislation proposed by various regulation-making bodies and/or authorities could become effective unless the committee of this House responsible for their consideration follows through and makes proposals to the House. If they do not have anything to annul in the regulations, whether in whole or in part, then the committees are supposed to communicate their decision to the Clerk who, in turn, will communicate to the regulation-making authority. If they expect the House, through a report, to agree with them, either to annul the whole or part of any regulations, then they must make their reports to the House within the stipulated times. Otherwise, it becomes difficult for even those implementing legislation out there to know when they should begin acting. Therefore, it cannot be said that what has been done by the CS for Education, Science and Technology is wrong. It also means that the committee of this House is not doing its work. I will be consulting with the leadership, the Majority and Minority Whips. As of 3rd July 2014 when I last addressed this matter, there were 12 pending sets of regulations before that Committee. To date, there is no report that has been submitted. That means that we do not need that Committee. Maybe the people who sit on that Committee should all be removed, because they are not serving the House. You cannot keep the House waiting for that long. Today is 16th June 2015. My last communication was on 3rd July 2014. We must question whether there is need for that Committee to exist. If we think it is not necessary, then we can give that responsibility to various departmental committees and do away with that Committee. That responsibility can be passed on to other committees. Otherwise, it is not fair for us to complain that this is being done by the Executive yet when regulations are submitted---There is absolutely nothing wrong with them being gazetted since a clear reading of the Statutory Instruments Act, 2013 shows that, that is the correct route. Once they have been gazetted, they must be tabled within seven days. That is the requirement. 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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