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    "id": 855862,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mandera South, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Ali Adan",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13418,
        "legal_name": "Adan Hajj Ali",
        "slug": "adan-haji-ali"
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    "content": "6 (1) Delete and substitute therefor the following subsection - (1) The Authority shall be managed by a Board comprising of nine members as follows – (a) a Chairperson who shall be an eminent scientist, appointed by the Cabinet Secretary; (b) the Principal Secretary in the Ministry for the time being responsible for Science and technology or a representative; (c) the Principal Secretary in the Ministry for the time being responsible for finance or a representative; (d) the Principal Secretary in the Ministry for the time being responsible for agriculture or a representative; (e) the Principal Secretary in the Ministry for the time being responsible for health or a representative; (f) two experts in the biological, environmental and social sciences respectively, appointed by the Cabinet Secretary; (g) one member with financial expertise, appointed by the Cabinet Secretary; and, (h) the Chief Executive Officer who shall be an ex-officio member. The justification is fairly straightforward. The amendment deals with the composition of the board, which shall be nine members. The Committee received communication from the Ministry of Health seeking inclusion of Principal Secretary, Ministry of Health. This is owing to the fact that the National Biosafety Authority’s role in conducting risk assessment in terms of genetically modified foods is absolutely necessary. That prompted the Committee to include the PS, Ministry of Health. Further amendment seeks to allow the various PSs to nominate representatives to sit in the board. In the earlier Act, it merely stated that PSs should form part of the board but we are now saying that they can also nominate representatives to sit in their place whenever they are not there. 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."
}