Section 94 of Health Act No 21 of 2017: Membership
The membership of the Committee established under this section shall as much as possible reflect ethnic, gender, county and regional balance and shall include membership drawn from the following—
(a) the chairperson who shall be a distinguished health researcher and renowned in a health discipline;
(b) one representative from Kenya Medical Research Institute;
(c) one representative from the National Commission for Science, Technology and Innovation;
(d) head of the directorate of the Ministry of health responsible for research and development;
(e) one representative from the Authority;
(f) two representatives from public universities; (g) one representative from private universities;
(h) one research expert with orientation to traditional and alternative medicine;
(i) one research expert with orientation in clinical trials; and (j) one distinguished bio-medical science researcher.
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