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    "id": 61763,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Chanzu",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Yusuf Kifuma Chanzu",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me the opportunity to support this very important Bill. We all know agriculture is the backbone of our economy. Agriculture here includes livestock keeping. It is important because if you look at the Memorandum of Objects and Reasons, you will realize that it is replacing the Veterinary Surgeons, Cap.366, which provide for regulations of practice of veterinary medicine. This Bill is now setting up a mechanism to broaden what the earlier Act had contemplated to do. This one is now talking about regulation of activities of veterinary surgeons and veterinary para-professionals. Those who operate without licenses now can be registered or licensed. However, at the time of drafting this Bill, it seems its authors did not consider the new constitutional dispensation. This Bill is assuming a situation that has prevailed before. They were guided by the old Constitution. So I believe that when it comes to the Committee Stage, we will incorporate amendments to reflect the new constitutional order. Currently, we have counties. This law cuts across various professions. There is need for professionalism. There is need for somebody to take responsibility. This Bill is now dealing with the lives of animals where somebody has to take responsibility. There is the issue of diseases. Some of these animals spread disease from place to place. These are the kind of things that these laws that we put in place need to address. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, there is also need to take responsibility and for somebody to be accountable for whatever action that they take in these areas. I have not had time to look into it in detail, but I hope all this will be addressed. I believe that my colleagues who contributed to this must have looked at various aspects and they will be addressed. We want to have a document that can last for a longer period and for posterity. We do not want a situation where we find that we have made mistake in drafting certain laws and within a very short time, we amend them. With those few remarks, I beg to support."
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