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    "id": 850089,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Garissa Township, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Aden Duale",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": " Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I beg to move that The Health Laws (Amendment) Bill, National Assembly Bill No. 14 of 2018 be now read a Third Time. In my history as an MP, never before have I experienced the kind of interest that this Bill has attracted. The saddest I have noted is that there were self-interests from professionals in the pharmaceutical sector and sibling rivalry between the Pharmacy and Poisons Board and its subsidiary National Quality Control Laboratory This afternoon, I found Members of the National Quality Control Laboratory in my office without an appointment. I saw veterinarians in my office without an appointment. The procedure is very clear. I would like to ask the clerk that Government officers cannot come to Parliament to lobby. The power to legislate rests with the 349 men and women of this House. I was sad when I learnt that these interests were not necessarily of the public but mostly self-preservation. As legislators, we have been called upon to legislate for the public while balancing the interest of the sector players."
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