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    "id": 1114993,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1114993/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Saku, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Ali Rasso",
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        "legal_name": "Dido Ali Raso",
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    "content": " Thank you, very much, Hon. Speaker. On the first Petition on Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs), as far as this country is concerned, scientifically, there are issues that must be looked at in breadth and depth, to see if we are ready for that. Of importance is that agriculture contributes 22 per cent to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and employs 60 per cent of the Kenyan population. So, this is an important sector and the question we must ask ourselves is: why is our agriculture not competitive? Are we paying our farmers enough as an incentive for food production? Hon. Speaker, I think the Petition brought through you has far reaching effects and the Committee must not only look at the substance of it, but go deeper. Is agriculture sustainable in Kenya, if it is contributing so much to our GDP? On the issue of land brought by Hon. Mishi Mboko, I think one thing she has said is that there is one person possessing all that land. We must ask ourselves, if one person is more important than 20,000 families living on that land? We must move away from the haves and the have nots and Kenya must be for all. Those who have petitioned this House, we must look at them with fairness and the substance they deserve because they are Kenyans and want a dwelling to call their home. Thank you, Hon. Speaker."
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