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    "content": "royal jelly, the child actually passed away. That resulted in a study that was carried out in Australia and the establishment of the Advanced Drugs Reactionary Advisory Committee of the Commonwealth which went into serious research to establish advanced reactions in other areas. What resulted was the death of this child. When research was carried out, it was found that there were other related deaths that had occurred. As a result, the manufacturers were requested to label the royal jelly product and warn potential users that the product could cause severe allergy reactions to people who suffer from asthma. That happened out there where they have mechanism and resources. But in Kenya, that is not being done. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, you will find that we have many Chinese clinics almost in every town while, previously, it was only in Nairobi. If you go to Eldoret, Kitale and Kisumu, you will find them practicing. We need a register that will actually monitor this. In other jurisdictions like in Australia, they have the register of therapeutic goods and a Therapeutic Goods Act which regulates that particular area. It ensures that anyone practicing is registered. The formulations are registered and up to now, there are about 4,500 registrations that have taken place. They are monitored and standards are set. This needs to be done in this country as well. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, when you go to the United Kingdom, you will find that they have a register of Chinese herbal medicine and you are able to know who these people are. Right now, there is a register of about 400 fully qualified practitioners of Chinese herbal medicine. In Kenya, if you ask the Minister today how many Chinese clinics are here, where they are practicing, who they are and what they do, it is an issue that you might not find an answer to because we have not regulated them and yet, that is an area of serious commercialization. Without a proper regulatory body, we have many quacks out there because that is where people are making a quick buck. That is where 80 percent of the population is going for treatment. This is an issue that we need to address immediately. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to thank my brother for bringing this Motion and urge the Government to bring about the necessary legislation, particularly knowing very well that our traditional medicine practitioners do fear to actually reveal their ingredients because we do not have enough laws in place to patent those products and ingredients. We need to develop this area of intellectual property so that we are able to protect and allow for regulation of that field. With those few remarks, I beg to second."
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