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Health, Agriculture Ministries fight over control of veterinary medicines

Cabinet Secretary for Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries Willy Bett (right) flanked by Fisheries PS Michelin Ntiba (left) adressing a press conference. [Photo:WILLIS AWANDU/Standard]

The Health Ministry and its Agriculture and Livestock counterpart are locked in a dispute over powers to regulate medicines for livestock. 

This comes after the Agriculture and Livestock Cabinet Secretary Willy Bett gazetted the Veterinary Medicines Directorate to regulate the manufacture, importation, exportation, registration, distribution, prescription and dispensing of veterinary medicines in Kenya.

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