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    "id": 706791,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Cheptumo",
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        "legal_name": "William Cheptumo Kipkiror",
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    "content": "Standing Order No.210 (1)(2)(3)(a) provides as follows: “(1) There shall be a select committee to be known as the Committee on Delegated Legislation. (2) Whenever a statutory instrument is submitted to the Assembly pursuant to the Constitution, any law or these Standing Orders, the statutory instrument shall, unless a contrary intention appears in the relevant legislation, be laid before the Assembly by the Chair of the relevant departmental Committee, or any other Member, and shall stand thereafter stand referred to the Committee on Delegated Legislation. (3) The Committee shall consider in respect of any statutory instrument whether (this is very important) it: (a) is in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution, the Act pursuant to which it is made or other relevant written law.” That is the Standing Order that guides the Committee. Standing Order 3 (a) to (q) sets out the various grounds or aspects to be considered by the Committee when dealing with these regulations. Standing Order No. 210 (4) (a) again provides for what the Committee should do if an instrument or regulation does not comply with the provisions of the Standing Order, the Constitution and the relevant Act of Parliament under which it is made or any other written law. The Committee has the mandate under Standing Order No. 210 (4) to either annul the entire instrument or part of it and if it annuls it, the Committee shall table a Report in the House for it to consider. If they approve the Regulations as published, it will be the business of the Clerk of the House to communicate that decision to the regulation-making authority in which case there will be no tabling of the resolution of the Committee before the House. So, that distinction is very critical. We only bring a resolution of the Committee before the House where we either annul a portion of it or the entire instrument. In considering the current Regulations before the House, this Committee, as I said earlier, was guided by three very important legislations. One, the Standing Orders of this House, the Statutory Instruments Act, 2013, Parliamentary Service Commission Act and the Public Finance Management Act Regulations of 2015. It is important for this House to know that the initial Regulations that were tabled before the House, which were done by the Parliamentary Service Commission, were brought under 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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