<div dir='auto'>thanks, has this process been followed by ministries, departments and agencies?</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Dec 4, 2020 16:27, Grace Mutung'u <nmutungu@gmail.com> wrote:<br type="attribution" /><blockquote class="quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:'verdana' , sans-serif">Hi Alex, <br /></div><div style="font-family:'verdana' , sans-serif"><br /></div><div style="font-family:'verdana' , sans-serif">Per the Statutory Instruments Act, the regulations still have to go to Parliament for approval. Here is a resource with more info <a href="http://www.parliament.go.ke/sites/default/files/2018-04/21_Statutory_Instruments.pdf">http://www.parliament.go.ke/sites/default/files/2018-04/21_Statutory_Instruments.pdf</a></div><div style="font-family:'verdana' , sans-serif"><br /></div><div style="font-family:'verdana' , sans-serif">Listers here who work in Parliament can shed more light on the requirements and processes for approval. <br /></div><div style="font-family:'verdana' , sans-serif"><br /></div><div style="font-family:'verdana' , sans-serif"><br /></div><div style="font-family:'verdana' , sans-serif"><span style="font-size:18.3333px;font-family:sans-serif"></span></div></div><br /><div class="elided-text"><div dir="ltr">On Fri, 4 Dec 2020 at 15:02, awatila--- via kictanet <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:<br /></div><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb( 204 , 204 , 204 );padding-left:1ex"><div><div><p>Good afternoon,<u></u><u></u></p><p>Parliament passes legislation giving authority to Ministries, Departments and Agencies to operationalize the legislation through regulation e.g. the Cabinet Secretary can sign them off.<u></u><u></u></p><p><u></u> <u></u></p><p>COK2010 also gave government circulars the force of law. Circulars do not need parliamentary approval<u></u><u></u></p><p><u></u> <u></u></p><p>Regards,<u></u><u></u></p><p><u></u> <u></u></p><p>Alex<u></u><u></u></p><p><u></u> <u></u></p><div style="border-color:rgb( 225 , 225 , 225 );border-style:solid none none;border-width:1pt medium medium;padding:3pt 0in 0in"><p><b>From:</b> Barrack Otieno <<a href="mailto:otieno.barrack@gmail.com">otieno.barrack@gmail.com</a>> <br /><b>Sent:</b> Friday, December 4, 2020 10:09 AM<br /><b>To:</b> KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>><br /><b>Cc:</b> Watila Alex <<a href="mailto:awatila@yahoo.co.uk">awatila@yahoo.co.uk</a>><br /><b>Subject:</b> Re: [kictanet] Government moves to stop use of solar energy<u></u><u></u></p></div><p><u></u> <u></u></p><div><p><a href="mailto:awatila@yahoo.co.uk">@Watila Alex</a> why do you think so?<u></u><u></u></p></div><p><u></u> <u></u></p><div><div><p>On Thu, Dec 3, 2020 at 8:50 PM awatila--- via kictanet <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></p></div><blockquote style="border-color:rgb( 204 , 204 , 204 );border-style:none none none solid;border-width:medium medium medium 1pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in"><div><div><p>I don’t think regulations need to go to parliament for approval.<u></u><u></u></p><p> <u></u><u></u></p><p>regards<u></u><u></u></p><p> <u></u><u></u></p><div><div style="border-style:solid none none;border-width:1pt medium medium;padding:3pt 0in 0in"><p><b>From:</b> kictanet <kictanet-bounces+awatila=<a href="mailto:yahoo.co.uk@lists.kictanet.or.ke">yahoo.co.uk@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> <b>On Behalf Of </b>John R. Gicharu via kictanet<br /><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, November 29, 2020 11:43 AM<br /><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:awatila@yahoo.co.uk">awatila@yahoo.co.uk</a><br /><b>Cc:</b> John R. Gicharu <<a href="mailto:john_gicharu@yahoo.com">john_gicharu@yahoo.com</a>><br /><b>Subject:</b> Re: [kictanet] Government moves to stop use of solar energy<u></u><u></u></p></div></div><p> <u></u><u></u></p><div><div><div><p><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'helvetica' , sans-serif">The chances are that if nobody rigorously campaigns/ lobbies against these regulations, parliament will pass them as gazzetted by EPRA.</span><u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'helvetica' , sans-serif"> </span><u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'helvetica' , sans-serif">Regards, John Gicharu</span><u></u><u></u></p></div></div><div><p><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'helvetica' , sans-serif"> </span><u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'helvetica' , sans-serif"> </span><u></u><u></u></p></div></div><div><div><div><p><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'helvetica' , sans-serif;color:rgb( 38 , 40 , 42 )">On Sunday, November 29, 2020, 08:20:45 AM GMT+3, John Kariuki via kictanet <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote: </span><u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'helvetica' , sans-serif;color:rgb( 38 , 40 , 42 )"> </span><u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'helvetica' , sans-serif;color:rgb( 38 , 40 , 42 )"> </span><u></u><u></u></p></div><div><div><div><p><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'helvetica' , sans-serif;color:rgb( 38 , 40 , 42 )">There is no technical or legal Justification for discriminating one electrical technician from another. The regulations should therefore not be substantially different from the existing ones. I am not aware of any university which trains technicians per se. That requirement is therefore superfluous. Fortunately, regulations these days require approval of Parliament and these ones should be considered "dead on arrival". </span><u></u><u></u></p><div><p><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'helvetica' , sans-serif;color:rgb( 38 , 40 , 42 )"> </span><u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'helvetica' , sans-serif;color:rgb( 38 , 40 , 42 )">John Kariuki </span><u></u><u></u></p><div><p><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'helvetica' , sans-serif;color:rgb( 38 , 40 , 42 )"> </span><u></u><u></u></p><div><p><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'helvetica' , sans-serif;color:rgb( 38 , 40 , 42 )"><a href="https://go.onelink.me/107872968?pid=InProduct&c=Global_Internal_YGrowth_AndroidEmailSig__AndroidUsers&af_wl=ym&af_sub1=Internal&af_sub2=Global_YGrowth&af_sub3=EmailSignature">Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android</a></span><u></u><u></u></p></div><p><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'helvetica' , sans-serif;color:rgb( 38 , 40 , 42 )"> </span><u></u><u></u></p><blockquote style="margin:5pt 0in 15pt"><div><div><p><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'arial' , sans-serif;color:rgb( 109 , 0 , 246 )">On Sun, Nov 29, 2020 at 0:14, Alice Munyua via kictanet</span><u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'arial' , sans-serif;color:rgb( 109 , 0 , 246 )"><<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:</span><u></u><u></u></p></div></div><div style="border-style:none none none solid;border-width:medium medium medium 1pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 15pt;margin-top:7.5pt;border-color:rgb( 109 , 0 , 246 )"><p><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'helvetica' , sans-serif;color:rgb( 38 , 40 , 42 )">_______________________________________________<br />kictanet mailing list<br /><a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a><br /><a href="https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet">https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet</a><br />Twitter: <a href="http://twitter.com/kictanet">http://twitter.com/kictanet</a><br />Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/KICTANet/">https://www.facebook.com/KICTANet/</a><br /><br />Unsubscribe or change your options at <a href="https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/kariuki_jn%40yahoo.com">https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/kariuki_jn%40yahoo.com</a></span><u></u><u></u></p><div><p><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'helvetica' , sans-serif;color:rgb( 38 , 40 , 42 )"><br /><br />The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and regulation. 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