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"legal_name": "Millie Grace Akoth Odhiambo Mabona",
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"content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, herbal medicines all over the world are derived from herbs and cure diseases that have proved terminal in the past. One of the reasons for supporting herbal medicine is because they are extremely effective when used, are easily available and are cheap. The drugs have a gender dimension. For instance, if you look at contraceptives in the modern world, you will find that they are male oriented and yet in herbal medicines, you have contraceptives both for men and women. Since there are the beneficial values that we have in plant genetic resources, especially in herbal medicine, there is over-exploitation and pollution. Again, I would like to quote certain figures from the International Union for the Conservation of Nature and natural resources popularly referred to as âIUCNâ which estimates that 40,000 plant species exist on earth. Two thirds are in the tropics and a quarter exists in Latin America alone. Out of these species, 20,000 to 25,000 are threatened with extinction and an"
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