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    "speaker_name": "Gilgil, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Martha Wangari",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I also rise to support and congratulate Hon. Tandaza, whom I have known for quite some time. We were some of the founders of United Democratic Forum (UDF) Party in 2012, before he moved to the African National Congress (ANC) and myself to Jubilee. I want to congratulate him for bringing this Bill. Given the morning that we have had in terms of the business of the House, this is a sigh of relief. I want to support because the benefits of that tree or shrub are unknown. This tree originates from South America and Brazil is one of its biggest producers and consumers. Brazil imports the very same Bixa Orellana. Some of the countries in Africa that export that tree are Cote d’Ivoire and Angola. As a country, we have set the pace in Africa and I believe we can do better given that most of the climatic conditions in the Coast are replicated in the other parts of the country. In Gilgil, we have semi-arid areas and I hope that once this is done, we will get seeds from Kwale, where Tandaza comes from, and introduce them in Gilgil and other areas that have that kind of climatic conditions. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, the importance of scheduling a crop would be the attention it would be given, proper market and the sensitization that it will receive. Most of us did not know about that crop until Hon. Tandaza brought it. We will be able to get a lot of sensitization and give it the attention that it deserves. Valentine’s Day is this week and as I was reading about its benefits, I learnt that the seeds of that tree are used in making lipstick. The bright colour and pigmentation that is orange and reddish will make a very good lipstick. Red is the colour of love. I hope that by next year during the Valentine’s Day, we will be able to buy lipstick made from the natural growing Bixa Orellana tree at the Coast. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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