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    "id": 731684,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/731684/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ichung’wah",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 1835,
        "legal_name": "Anthony Kimani Ichung'Wah",
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    "content": "Amendment of 35. The Pharmacy and Poisons Act is amended- sections 35A and 35I of Cap (a) in section 35A by deleting the words “The Director of the National 244 Drug Quality Control Laboratory or any member of the Laboratory staff authorized by him” appearing in subsection (5) and substituting therefor the words “ The Board or any person authorized in writing by the Board” (b) in section 35 I by deleting paragraph (b). The import of this amendment is to harmonise the powers of the Pharmacy and Poisons Board and those of the National Drug Quality Control Laboratory especially with respect to inspection of premises of registered pharmacists. What happens is that under the Pharmacy and Poisons Board Act, Section 35A erroneously gives the powers to inspect these premises to the National Drug Quality Control Laboratory, whereas, under the Act, the Laboratory was in principle not intended to be inspecting premises but just to look at issues to do with drugs that will be dispensed from those pharmacies. Therefore, the amendment is just to clear that ambiguity within the Act and give inspection powers to the Board. The director of the Laboratory can also be appointed as an agent to the Board. It is that simple."
}