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    "id": 1104198,
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    "speaker_name": "Navakholo, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Emmanuel Wangwe",
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        "legal_name": "Emmanuel Wangwe",
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    "content": "I would also ask Dr. Pukose to allow me to propose amendments in two fronts. One is on the issue of the director-general, whom he proposes to run the organisation. He has laid down several recommendations, but the last one is too general. He has said: “Any other qualification.” I feel that will leave an opportunity for anybody to canvass and say that it is a general provision. That provision has to be very specific so that it guides the Authority on who qualifies to be a director-general. I would like to appreciate the Bill in Clause 23 which specifically provides what a person shall not sell in terms of food; anything that contains poisonous or harmful substances or is unwholesome or unfit for human consumption. That provision being specific, makes the Bill very comfortable and welcomed on my side. I also want to appreciate the Bill on the issues highlighted by Hon. Mutunga. The Bill is cutting across several existing Bills. However, what is it that other countries have done? Through the history he has given us and the history that I have, the United States of America (USA) tried through the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), but it was unable to move forward. The FDA exists through seven other agencies like the US Department of Agriculture, Environmental Protection Agency, Centre for Drug Evaluation and Research, Centre for Biologics Evaluation and Research, Centre for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, Centre for Veterinary Medicine and the National Centre for Toxicological Research. Whereas we are putting this body at the apex, at the Committee of the whole House, I would like to request Hon. (Dr.) Pukose to allow us to align existing local bodies that are going to report to the agency. With those remarks, I beg to support. Thank you."
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