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    "id": 868666,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Funyula, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr.) Wilberforce Oundo",
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        "legal_name": "Wilberforce Ojiambo Oundo",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker for giving me the opportunity to contribute to the Bill. I belong to the Committee of Trade, Industry and Co-operatives that has engaged the members of the public and Kenyans themselves in streamlining or panel-beating the Bill to a more reasonable and cleaner one. I must, at the outset, say that the Bill has come at the most timely moment in our history, where we are faced with so many cases of counterfeit goods, illegal importations, substandard goods and the up-rise of cancer diseases in this country. The Bill intends to create an apex body called the Kenya National Accreditation Service to accredit laboratories and any other bodies that undertake conformity assessments that test goods and equipment to ensure that they conform to standards. This is a matter that has gained a lot of interest because of some of the messes that we have had at KEBS. There are cases that are in court about the testing of fertilizers and imported goods that do not come with relevant certificates of conformity. The purpose of this body is to basically register, supervise, oversee and ensure that whatever conformity standards are in place in this country are adhered to. We have had bodies that purport to do conformity testing and yet, there is nobody who can vouch for the country that they are doing the right thing. The main concern in this country, as we stand now, is forgery and outright criminal activities by manufacturers in this country. We want to go to that period in life where when you see the sticker of KEBS on a product, it must give you an assurance that it is a correct sticker and whatever we have are correct goods conforming to various international standards. Quite a lot will be done at the Committee of the whole House because a lot of discussions have been held between the Committee, Kenyans, the Ministry and other stakeholders to streamline the Bill. Most of it will be discussed at the Committee of the whole House. With those few remarks, I beg to support the Bill."
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