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    "id": 1104162,
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    "speaker_name": "Kwanza, FORD-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Ferdinand Wanyonyi",
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        "legal_name": "Ferdinard Kevin Wanyonyi",
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    "content": " Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, thank you for the opportunity. I just want to echo what Hon. Mutunga has said. I think he did not conclude. Basically, I support the Bill that Hon. Pukose has brought. I want to say it is a start because, if I got him right, he referred to two countries in Africa, that is, South Africa and Ghana, which have come up with this kind of regulation. However, regrettably, as much as I support this Bill, I think we need to look at it in detail because it is a very technical one. We need to have a presentation from the committee. All I would say is, this Bill is a start. We need to have regulation. We need to have an authority that will deal with both pharmaceutical and agricultural aspects. We have told Hon. Pukose that we will make amendments at the Committee of the whole House. I remember reading somewhere in the newspapers that Tanzania had the same approach. Eventually they had to change because it was not working. As I said, it is a start. It could not work because they found it very difficult to implement this particular approach. Therefore, I do not want to waste so much time on it. We support Hon. Pukose for coming up with this Bill. At the Committee of the whole House, we will come up with amendments so that we can have two authorities, that is, one dealing with control of drugs and another one dealing with medicine and food. People are dying out there! People are calling me from home. About seven people have died. People are just collapsing and dying. It could be the food they are eating which is not properly regulated. The meat consumed, both chicken and beef, is not regulated. People are dying from unknown diseases. So, with this authority in place, we will be able to trace and control the imports and drugs that are used for livestock and the food that we are planting. We are eating food that is already poisoned. This is a beginning. I support the Bill, but ask that we be detailed in our debate as Members so as to separate these authorities. We need to form another authority that deals with food to regulate the entry of some of the foods that we have in this country. People are dying out there. If this continues, it will come down to, “What did you do as a Member of Parliament?” “What regulation did you have?” Without wasting so much time, I support this Bill. We are going to look at this matter in detail and even remove some of the issues cited. We will form an authority that deals wholesomely with food intake in this country."
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