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    "content": "affected by the proposed instrument. It gives me comfort that, in future, those women and men who work in the market will be consulted before that statutory instrument is crafted. This Bill makes it a requirement that a regulatory impact assessment must be undertaken. In my view, this is the one that is closest to what was called a cost-benefit analysis. This regulatory impact statement, among the things that it does is to provide the objectives of the proposed statutory instruments and further in Part 7(d), does an assessment of the costs and benefits of the proposed rule and of any other practicable means of achieving the same objectives. That is the thrust of the cost-benefit analysis. I like the fact that we are now injecting some of the practices that have been demonstrated to work in the private sector and in other domains and bringing this in our counties. This can only add value to the legislative exercise and the executive pursuits at our counties. Madam Temporary Speaker, once the regulatory impact assessment has been crafted, then notification shall be done through publication in the county gazette. Once notification is done, it shall be scrutinized by the county assembly. In the example of the market that the county government has decided to lease to private developers, the matter will have to go to the county assembly. The county assembly will have certain powers or latitude as expressed here; Part (IV) of the Bill talks about scrutiny of statutory instruments by a county assembly and provides very detailed procedures to ensure that when the statutory instrument is introduced to the county assembly, it is not just tabled but also scrutinized. Once the county assembly is satisfied with it, then it can be published and become law. Madam Temporary Speaker, there are a few areas that we might need to look at. First of all, the scrutiny by the county assembly should not be used to blackmail the county executive. If you do recall, Parliament was accused--- Initially when the Statutory Instruments Bill for national legislation was introduced, there was fear from some quarters that Parliament was going to use the statutory instruments Bill to veto, to void or to reverse a statutory instrument that had been issued by the Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC). This Commission had come up with a statutory instrument that provided guidelines for remuneration of state officers which then affected Members of Parliament. There was fear that once that statutory instrument is laid in Parliament, parliamentarians, in a selfish effort, would veto or void it. I want to urge the proponents of this Bill and those who are going to utilize it, that the process of scrutiny of statutory instruments by county assemblies should not be used to blackmail the executive. I can already see some legislators in the county assemblies salivating at this prospect. The best way of holding a County Executive Committee member (CEC) at ransom is to tell him that if he does not fund the foreign travels, then the statutory instrument will not see the light of day. I want to pray and urge everyone that we need to look out for blackmail tendencies from the county assemblies that might end up derailing the activities of the initiatives of county executives. Madam Temporary Speaker, we need to ask ourselves whether we have the right capacity in the counties assemblies to process this fairly complicated Bill and to make sure that the provisions are observed. As a nation, we lowered the academic bar and argued that leadership is not dictated by going to class or school. It is time for us to The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes"
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