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    "speaker_name": "Endebess, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr.) Robert Pukose",
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    "content": "I would like to thank every Member and more so, the Departmental Committee on Agriculture and Livestock, for having looked at the Bill critically and especially on matters food. I welcome all your contributions and have heard everything you have said. The Departmental Committee on Health had a discussion with the Departmental Committee on Agriculture and Livestock. They had also had a discussion with the Principal Secretary, Agriculture, Professor Hamadi Boga, Harry Kimutai and the technical team from the Ministry of Agriculture. We were invited to the United States of America to look at how FDA operates. Those matters that you have elaborated are exactly what happens there. There is a role for health in as far as food is concerned. That part that is done by the public health is what we will see how best we can retain it within the Bill so that the gains that have been made by the public health cannot be lost. However, we would not want to interfere with matters that are handled by the various departments within agriculture because they should not disrupt the gains that we have already had as a Government. Therefore, when we go to the Committee of the whole House, we will be welcoming them. Recently, this House passed the Bill on blood transfusion services. This was also captured in our retreat which we had with the Committee because the same Departmental Committee on Health dealt extensively on the blood transfusion services establishing the National Blood Transfusion Authority. I know that was raised by Hon. Osotsi. That will be addressed. There are issues which were also raised by Hon. Oimeke on matters of the National Quality Control Laboratory. The National Quality Control Laboratory is a department within the Pharmacy and Poisons Board that handles issues of analysis. It is there, but the holder of the quality standards is KEBS. In this Bill, we have enhanced the role of KEBS because they are supposed to hold every institution accountable on matters quality and they are the ones who certify all the institutions within our republic on matters quality. Even when it comes to standards and everything, it has to be done by KEBS. We have enhanced some of the activities which KEBS has not been doing in this Bill so that KEBS plays a major role in as far as standardisation of drugs within our market is concerned. So, what we have done is to enhance it. Hon. Members, with those few remarks, I beg to reply. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker."
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