{"id":116299,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/116299/?format=json","text_counter":406,"type":"other","speaker_name":"","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"We all know all medicines are derived from plants. I believe there could still be countless cures that we are yet to discover from plants. I will just give examples of some of the medicinal plants or herbs of value. First, there is a drug made out of what is called the ‘Rossy Meriwinko’ which is a native plant of Madascagar. It has increased children’s chances of surviving leukemia. I want also to quote from a book called Natural Medicines in the Tropics by Dr. Harts Martin Harts and Bindanda Mpya. On page 65, it actually details many plants that are very common to us. These include onions, lemon grass and the usual plants that we use on day to day basis that have very high medicinal value and quality. For example, we have Karthia Ocendetalius or Coffee sena. This plant in Kiswahili Language is called"}