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    "speaker_name": "Mrs. Odhiambo-Mabona",
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        "legal_name": "Millie Grace Akoth Odhiambo Mabona",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is used for constipation, haemorrhoids, worms, oedema, nervous asthma, high blood pressure, abysses, skin disease and it is also used as a coffee substitute. Another example is citrus medica or the common lemon. It can treat cough, bronchitis, digestion problems, scurvy, fever, malaria, ear ache, cold and fainting. Of course, because of lack of time, I am not going to give some of the side effects. The benefits outweigh the side effects. We also have the lemon grass that we normally use to sweeten our tea. It can be used for curing bad breath, tooth ache, fever, and haemorrhoids. It can also be used as an insecticide, baby oil, and massage oil, ointment for body care and anti-haemorrhoids ointments. These books detail more than 5,000 herbs easily available in our country. One of the things that I would urge the hon. Member to do is to bring a Bill here which we will enact into law. He must not stop at a Motion stage. The reason I would urge you to bring a Bill here is that if you look at our legislative framework, in Kenya, we have taken the approach that has been taken by the developed world which protects plant bidders right and patent. We do not protect indigenous knowledge of beneficial properties of plant genetic resources, including our herbs. To given an example of how dangerous it is when we do not protect, there is an Ethiopian plant called Endod. Endod has been used by Ethiopian women and Ethiopians generally for years for very many values. For instance, women use it for laundering their shamas or white shawls. They use it for many other things. It is used for free. A few years ago, an Ethiopian biologist actually discovered that this plant had certain other benefits. For instance, in America, it helped to unclog their systems. What they did because they were having problems of a plant that was introduced called zebra plant--- This plant was actually causing a lot of problems to the American water ways. This plant could actually kill snails."
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