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    "speaker_name": "Hon. A.B. Duale",
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Chairman. I support the proposed amendments and thank Hon. Shollei for proposing these amendments. I am sure other Chairs of Committees will pick from where she has left. It is a function of this House to make sure that laws are very clear and complied with. In amendment 5A she has specified the relevant documents that must accompany any statutory document that is sent to Parliament, like the statement of proof, a brief statement on all the consultations to show that consultation was done with stakeholders and a brief statement on the way the consultation itself was done. So, proper public participation has been defined. The most important amendment is where the statutory bodies sending those documents were using them to violate the law. They would bring the regulations on a day like today when they knew that Parliament was going on recess for the next, maybe, one month. They knew that if Parliament does not handle them, then the regulations would become law. So, now it has been specified to 28 sitting days. Hon. Shollei has not justified the last bit where a new sub-section is being inserted immediately after sub-section 2. It says: “Despite the provision of this Act or any other written law, where a time is prescribed for doing an act or taking proceeding by the National Assembly relating to the handling of a statutory instrument, the National Assembly may, by resolution, extend that time by a period not exceeding twenty one days.” So, everything has been given a time line. Even the Committee cannot have a blank cheque. Parliament has 28 sitting days. Because of constraints and volume of work, then the Committee has been given a further 21 days. I support the proposed amendment. These are very important amendments that will help the Chair and Members of the Committee on Delegated Legislation to do their work in a more efficient and prudent way. I support."
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