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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "South Mugirango, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Silvanus Osoro",
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    "content": "selling panadol and everything and others even carrying out abortions. It is unfortunate, and sometimes such are discovered when things go south. We also need to find a way to regulate and protect professional societies like pharmacists so that quality professions and human life is protected, and the dignity of a profession is guarded. I mean, it kills one's morale for going to school and yet, this can be done by other people. That is what is happening in our hospitals. As we talk about drugs, some pharmacists sell expired medications, which have been banned in some countries. Nowadays, they know the psychology of human beings, and what people want is quick service over the counter. Getting a quack or qualified pharmacist to sell drugs over the counter is easy without a prescription. I hope there is a way this can be stopped. There are generic medicines. For example, you are asked if you want original and generic Panadol. So, why sell generic medicine and not original? How do we relate whether it does the same job? Why not sell original medicine even if pricing is different? Is this playing with the human body? Those are the issues we need to be considered as we support this Bill. Generally, the Bill is good only that it needs to be amended to meet WHO standards. We should include veterinary medicine as part of this Bill. We should separate the real pharmacists from quacks. Growing up, I saw people in dust coats and thought they were all doctors. I did not know some were butchery attendants, others sold sausages and others were actual doctors and pharmacists. The Bill is good since it defines the qualifications of technologists and pharmacists. That is why I congratulate the Chairperson and his Committee for the good job. Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker."
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