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    "id": 1114947,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Makueni, WDM-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Daniel Maanzo",
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        "legal_name": "Daniel Kitonga Maanzo",
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    "content": "On the land issue, there are reports that exist. There is the concept of adverse possession whereby if somebody has been living on a piece of land uninterrupted for over seven years, they automatically acquire some rights. Therefore, those people have lived there for over 150 years meaning therefore that it is their land. This is a matter that can be settled by the National Land Commission (NLC) assisted by the Committee, so that the rightful owners of the land occupy it, especially where the history is clear. On the matter of co-operatives and the feeding, serious research has to be done. One time in India, some animals were fed on the by-products of GMO cotton and they died. So, the team and the Government department charged with the issue of GMO must advise. That is a matter that has not been settled by this House. I believe the country has a responsibility to decide whether to use GMO’s or not. However, many countries in the world are not using GMO’s courtesy of their laws and policy. So, we need to come up with a solution. They have provided quite a number of solutions which could favour them, including lowering of taxes. Also, some of the foods manufactured for animals at times have aflatoxin and animals have died as a result of having been fed with such food. So, it is an area we need to be careful. We must ensure that farmers do not lose out simply because the food products are already poisonous and have not been kept well before they are sold to farmers. I thank you."
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