{"id":1047420,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1047420/?format=json","text_counter":403,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Suba North, ODM","speaker_title":"Hon. (Ms.) Odhiambo-Mabona","speaker":{"id":376,"legal_name":"Millie Grace Akoth Odhiambo Mabona","slug":"millie-odhiambo-mabona"},"content":"First, I acknowledge that this policy looks at both land-based and aquatic wildlife resources. Unfortunately, it gives too much emphasis to land resources. I know there is mention of marine and aquatic resources but there is much more emphasis on land wildlife resources. I am also happy that it acknowledges plant genetic resources as wildlife, and even includes the 7004 plants. That is the number of plants we have in Kenya with 260 being endemic. I am also happy that we have mentioned the issue of bio-prospecting. I would like to encourage that we need to come up with a stronger law on protection of indigenous plants and knowledge of beneficial properties of genetic resources. The laws that we have right now are not very strong."}