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    "id": 1341389,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1341389/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Endebess, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr) Robert Pukose",
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    "content": " Hon. Temporary Speaker, I beg to move: THAT, the Kenya Drugs Authority Bill, (National Assembly Bill No.54 of 2022), be now read a Second Time. The Bill has 97 clauses. It seeks to consolidate the regulation of health products and technologies in keeping with international best practices and guidance from the World Health Organisation (WHO). The Bill will promote and guarantee the quality, safety, efficacy and effectiveness of health products and technologies in the country. The Bill also establishes the Kenya Drugs Authority, which will be responsible for regulating, investigating, inspecting and approving health products and technologies and related matters. Following the placement of advertisements in print media on Monday, 8th May 2023, seeking public and stakeholder views on the Bill pursuant to Article 118(1)(b) of the Constitution and Standing Order 127(3), the Committee received memoranda from 32 stakeholders. The Departmental Committee on Health also invited stakeholders to submit memoranda to the Clerk of the National Assembly, from which we got several submissions. We also received stakeholder submissions from the following: 1. The Ministry of Health; 2. The Pharmacy and Poisons Board; 3. The National Quality Control Laboratory; 4. The National Gender and Equality Commission; 5. The Kenya Association of Manufacturers; 6. The Kenya Law Reform Commission; 7. The Pharmaceutical Society of Kenya; 8. The Pharmaceutical Association; 9. Agnes Kuvuna Maina, a qualified pharmaceutical technologist; 10. Matthew Wamuiga Gaturuku, an enrolled pharmaceutical technologist; 11. John Kabui; 12. William Komen; 13. Vincent Gathukia; 14. Robert Ng’etich; 15. Duncan Simwa; 16. Bernard Kariuki; 17. Benjamin Munyao Nthumo; 18. Dr John Ngethe and Dr Naomi Ngethe; 19. Dr Alex Ogero Okaru; 20. Winfred Wambui Ndirangu; 21. Daniel Kiiru Mwangi; 22. The Pest Control Products Board; 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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