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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cheruiyot",
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        "legal_name": "Aaron Kipkirui Cheruiyot",
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    "content": "I am sorry, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I support the Motion that is before the Floor of this House to adjourn debate. This is because if there are two issues that have left us with a bad face, as the Senate, at this particular term, one is the issue we concluded yesterday on the Kshs316 billion versus the Kshs335 billion debate. The second one is this particular issue, which we continue to struggle with as a House. Therefore, it will be extremely important that the leadership of this House consults widely and treats this matter with the extreme sensitivity that it needs to be given. We are talking about the lives of Kenyans. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the people who crafted this scandal are perhaps worse than those who put Mr. Cohen in that septic tank. They are cold blooded criminals, yet this House continues to treat this matter casually every now and then. Therefore, even as you will be giving your concluding directions, it will be important that you give a deadline as to when the leadership should table the names before this House, so that we can conclude and move forward as a country. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, health is a very grave matter of concern. However, thanks to this House for not being able to treat the health function seriously, earlier this year, the National Assembly passed a law that amalgamated the National Quality Control Laboratory and the Kenya Pharmacy and Poisons Board. That means that the persons who gives the licence to market a particular drug is the same one to test it, in order to approve whether or not it is good to be used in the market. This is against all global standards because in the whole world, there is no other country that has put these two bodies together. They are always separate because of checks and balances. However, this has happened because the ‘lower House’ has turned into a conveyer belt of anything that the Executive wants. Unfortunately we, as a House, have allowed them, despite the fact that health is a devolved function. Consequently, Kenyans are continuing to suffer. People are taking fake drugs because of issues like these. Therefore, Mr. Deputy Speaker Sir, I humbly plead with you that you give firm directions on this particular issue. Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir."
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