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    "id": 1278526,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Funyula, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Wilberforce",
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    "content": "Local standards of any product in this country fall within the realm of the standard architecture. The body authorised to make those standards is the National Standards Council (NSC). The mere contemplation or thinking by the Executive or Government so to speak, to bring this Bill in the House today, is an acknowledgment that the bodies with authority to oversee food and feed safety have fallen short of expectation. It is not that we lack laws, regulations, inspectors, and competent people. It is only that we appreciate and agree that, as a country, we have failed. This is because we have continuously said we lack the will to enforce existing laws. In essence, we are creating another unnecessary bureaucracy simply because we do not have courage to tell those in charge of the so-called competent authorities mentioned in the First Schedule, to act. The competent authorities include the Cabinet Secretary responsible for matters relating to public health and medical services. If they did their work as per the international standards and professional requirements, there would be no need for the office being created today. The others are the ministries responsible for matters relating to veterinary services, crop and livestock development and fisheries, AFA, Kenya Dairy Board (KDB), KEPHIS, PCPB, Fertilizer and Animal Foodstuff Board, National Biodiversity Authority (NBA) and KEBS. We must also, indirectly, include Kenya Accreditation Service (KENAS) in that list. We are creating a prefect who will be nosing all over asking, ‘Have you done your work? If not, why?’ Will he simply be walking around looking for areas that overlap between the various competent authorities? We do not need to create an office to do that. The Attorney- General and respective departmental committees of Parliament are here and we have professional bodies all over. How can we fail to identify all these institutions? The intention might be good, but we are taking the wrong approach. We are creating another layer of The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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