{"id":1053429,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1053429/?format=json","text_counter":197,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Tigania West, JP","speaker_title":"Hon. John Mutunga","speaker":{"id":13495,"legal_name":"John Kanyuithia Mutunga","slug":"john-kanyuithia-mutunga"},"content":"The world is going natural. Bixa has natural dyes used to colour food additives. It is used to colour cheese, salad oils and others. Being a natural product and we know that the world prefers organic foods; we have a great advantage as a country to promote this crop for various uses. The question is how to we should promote it. The crop should be put in the First Schedule as a crop to be grown in this country. We should initially structure out the research process that will lead to the knowledge of the crop, knowledge of the agro-ecologies in which it can do better and knowledge of the crop development attributes that need to be put in place."}