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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Gikaria",
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        "legal_name": "David Gikaria",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity to contribute. I take this opportunity to thank Hon. Injendi for taking his time to do research on the Motion he has brought. I totally agree with Hon. Limo who has said--- I am a member of the Committee on Implementation. The reason we find it very difficult to do the implementation aspect of anything that has been brought, including Motions and Executive commitments, is because of the word “urging”. It is an issue we really need to resolve. As a Committee, we will propose through the Liaison Committee that they should check some of these Motions before they are brought for debate so that they can align them with the standards that are required. Hon. Injendi has made a very good research. I had an opportunity to look at what he has done. From Hon. Injendi’s remarks, it shows that these regulations were gazetted in May last year. It is important for us to start thinking again. When we have regulations like the ones from the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology that have not gone through the relevant parliamentary committee like the Committee on Delegated Legislation, then we have an issue. Maybe, this Committee could have looked at these regulations had they been taken before it. The Motion says very clearly that it is to review the procedure and the cost of marriages. So, according to Hon. Injendi, the law itself has no problem. He has made a conclusion that the law has no problem but it is only the procedure and the cost of marriage which have a problem. If you look at some of the issues that have been brought up, you will find that Hon. Injendi had an opportunity to look at the old and the new charges. We expected that in his wisdom, he would give the moderate charges so that by the time we resolve, for example, on the issuance of marriage certificates which cost Kshs200 before but now cost Kshs600, then we say that Kshs300 would be a moderate figure. As a Committee, these 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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