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    "id": 838761,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/838761/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Murang’a CWR, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Sabina Chege",
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        "legal_name": "Sabina Wanjiru Chege",
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    "content": "The statutes which we are amending are 113 in total. We have managed to go through 10. Through the request by the Ministry of Health, we have agreed to first drop the Radiation Protection Act (Cap 243), the Food, Drugs and Chemical Substances Act (CAP 254) and Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substance (Control) Act No. 4 of 1994. This is due to the comprehensive review that is being done by the Ministry of Health. We agreed that we need further consultations. If you look at those Acts that I have mentioned, especially the Radiation Protection Act (Cap 243), those are the issues that are very serious in this nation. We need to do proper legislation on the same. The issue of narcotic drugs and food needs to be looked into. As a country, we had an issue of sugar that purportedly had mercury, and plastic rice and fish. As a Committee, we need to be careful to make sure that the people of the Republic of Kenya are consuming foodstuffs that are okay and those that will not be detrimental to their health. As a The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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