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    "id": 181356,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/181356/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. I.E. Mohammed",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Development of Northern Kenya and Other Arid Lands",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 82,
        "legal_name": "Mohamed Ibrahim Elmi",
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    "content": " Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I would like to support this Bill. First of all, I welcome the assurance from the Minister that amendment will be brought to the Bill to ensure that anti-retroviral drugs will not be affected. Therefore, generic drugs, which are very critical, will not be affected. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I come from a region where counterfeit goods are a major menace. Only God knows how many people have died as a result of counterfeit drugs and goods. Counterfeit goods are very dangerous. They kill the innocent. Go to toys. Parents love their children. They buy toys with the believe that those toys adhere to the right standards and bear the brands which they know. But when they buy those counterfeit toys, small children put them in their mouths and they die. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would like to say here that, we do not only need to pass the Bill, but we must go out there and popularise it. There are many parts of this country where it might take a long time for people to know what this Bill is all about. Therefore, I propose that a big campaign follows the enactment of this Bill. I would like to say that, that agency, once we form it, must be given enough resources to undertake that task very seriously. Otherwise, we will have another agency that is not effective in this country. With those few remarks, I beg to support the Bill."
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