Updated Wed, October 19th 2016 at 14:43 GMT +3Cabinet 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. “The gazettement of the directorate has created regulatory confusion in the pharmaceutical sector since it has created a second body to do the same job of regulating veterinary medicines. Even the Attorney General’s office issued a legal opinion in May 2015 validating the transfer of regulatory mandate.

Source: Standard Digital October 19, 2016 11:37 UTC