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    "id": 116341,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/116341/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Dr. Gesami",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Public Health and Sanitation",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "James Ondicho Gesami",
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    "content": " Thank you Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. Right from the outset, I want to support this motion; I wish to congratulate my friend the Rarienda MP, Eng. Gumbo, for bringing this motion at this time. In fact, it is a motion that should have come yesterday. It is important to appreciate that we in the health sector have always appreciated the work of herbalists. In our policy document of 1994, we have clearly said that traditional medicine, that is herbs, should be recognized by the Ministry of Health, and I believe that, that policy document guides the Health sector up to date. But it is also important to realize that we have never come up with a legal framework, under which these herbalists should operate. That is why I am saying this Motion is very timely, and that this House should put in place a framework, under which we can control the functions and the activities of these herbalists. At the moment, you see some adverts about herbalists who can treat everything right from HIV/AIDS to cancer, infertility, asthma, hypertension and everything else. It is important that we put in place a legal framework, so that we can know who is actually treating what. I want to appreciate that quite a number of herbalists are now"
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