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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Prof.) Nyikal",
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        "legal_name": "James Nyikal",
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    "content": "Can you say this is an embryo of a human being, but you want to test what happens if you cross breed a man and a dog? If we do not have a law, people will do those things. We must then say: Who has the technical capacity to do this? Having the technical capacity is not a very important thing. What about the code of conduct of people who are given the power to manipulate the human genome? Do we take any doctor who is qualified and then say “This doctor can do this”? What about his conduct in the past? You have read in the Press allegations that a doctor had been forced to do a HIV test, so that somebody could do whatever he wanted. What about in this situation where we are manipulating the human gene? In this Bill, we have proposed--- I think I missed it in the Budget and Appropriations Committee. I agree with the Mover that this is not a money Bill and that money will be raised by this Authority from the fees that will be charged. Now, look at the area I am talking about, you can sell embryos, manipulate them and sell sperms. If that institution depends only on money it will raise from those activities, do you see the risk we are running into of these institutions being compromised? I, therefore, intend to say that this Authority should to some extent be funded by the Government. In any case, some of the people who require this service do so on health grounds. Article 43 of the Constitution says that health is for free. Now, if these institutions are working without any funds, then we are not in the right direction. I will call for an amendment, so that this institution gets some funding from the Government. There has been a proposal here that this Authority can conduct research. If we have this institution conducting research, we will mess. That will not be correct because it is the same Authority which will be regulating people who will use these materials and people for research. Some may be useful and some may not. If they will be conducting research, there will be a conflict 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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