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On presidential decrees

Posted on May 11, 2015 by Ken Ochieng' Opalo
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Nearly all world constitutions grant presidents the power make laws via executive orders and subsidiary legislation at the point of implementation. And this is what happens when presidents exercise the same powers without robust legislative oversight.

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