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    "id": 868673,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Lugari, ANC",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Ayub Angatia",
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        "legal_name": "Ayub Savula Angatia",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker, and happy new year to you and all my colleagues. I rise to support the Bill. This is a good move. It will give a boost to the Kenya Plant Health Inspectorate Service (KEPHIS), KEBS and Poisons Board of Kenya in dealing with matters of health, safety, environment and general trade facilitations. You will realize that a country like Rwanda, which is far below Kenya’s economy, has an accreditation services body whereas Kenya, which is the biggest economy in the East African region, does not have a similar body. So, I thank the Committee for having brought this Bill. It will enhance the services of accreditation of services and goods in this country. The KEBS relies on an accredited body in Japan to inspect cars and other goods whereas that body is not regulated from Kenya. The appointing authority is KEBS, but it is accredited in Japan. This Bill will help Kenya to have its own accrediting body to accredit institutions that will provide such services. For us to sustain growth in the big economy, we need to trust in our commodities. It is a trust that can be gained only through the belief that Kenya has an accreditation body that can offer such services. Kenya is the only country where everything is not tested, attested and re-tested, because we do not have a regulatory body. For example, on the issue of fertilizer which was tested by KEBS, the courts have also ordered for a third test. Who is giving accreditation to that body to carry out the re-test? That is why we need this Bill. I thank the Leader of the Majority Party. You have explained very well why we need such a body. With those few remarks, Hon. Speaker, I beg to support."
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