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    "id": 225864,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Prof. Ojiambo",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Julia Auma Ojiambo",
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    "content": "Thank you very much, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me April 18, 2007 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 771 the opportunity to reply. I want to start by thanking those who have contributed to this Second Reading debate on the Nutritionists and Dieticians Bill. I want to thank hon. Okundi for seconding the debate, hon. Mutiso, hon. Mugo and hon. Ahenda. I want to say that I have been very impressed by the knowledge and command the Members have on this subject. I am very happy that we will be able to report to the organisation that is going to take over the management of this Bill that we have a lot of talent in this House, and that it should feel free to come and tap from here to fill some of the committees that are going to be set up under the proposed council. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to assure the Minister for Health that we will go by what we have discussed together. The structure of this Bill will be as we agreed. We will have the institute and the council. We will give the council power to increase membership any time it feels it needs expertise as this subject keeps expanding with time and age. I want to agree that there are a lot of extremes that this Bill must bear in mind, and which we will point out when we hand over to the professional managers. I am sure they are aware of these extremes. There is extreme malnutrition and extreme over-feeding now in Kenya. We suffer malnutrition but we also see obesity coming up because of lack of information and knowledge. People go for the junk that hon. Ahenda has talked about. People eat hidden calories that are useless to the body and thus cause extraneous side effects to the system. This results in all kinds of diseases that are now affecting our people. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to assure hon. Mugo that we will draw a lot from the Ministry of Education, both at formal and tertiary education and research levels. We will make use of their expertise and knowledge in examination-setting, regulation of standards and so on. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, in the composition of the council, we have expanded to it include---"
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