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    "id": 847369,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Uasin Gishu CWR, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Gladys Boss Shollei",
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        "legal_name": "Gladys Jepkosgei-boss Shollei",
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    "content": "Hon. Deputy Speaker, the regulations also provide for a fine of Kshs1 million shillings, which contravenes the Statutory Instruments Act which states that: “The amount provided in the regulation should not exceed a maximum of Kshs20,000 or a prison term not exceeding six month as set out in the Statutory Instruments Act.” Anything beyond that should be in a parent statute or an Act of Parliament. Hon. Deputy Speaker, Section 13 of the Statutory Instruments Act provides that regulations delegated cannot impose a fine, imprisonment or a penalty. That also goes beyond the enabling and parent Act of Parliament. In this case, it is the Energy Act 2006. So, the penalty prescribed contravenes both the Statutory Instruments Act and the Energy Act."
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