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    "id": 116346,
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    "speaker_name": "Eng Maina",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Ephraim Mwangi Maina",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for your consideration. First of all, I want from the outset, to say that I support this motion. Herbal medicine has been there from time immemorial. In fact, it is written about in the Old Testament. God told us to use the trees for our healing. One of the mistakes we have made is to disregard advice. One of the major drawbacks in the history of Africa is actually lack of appreciation, or condemnation, of our traditions. Herbal medicine in African countries has been largely condemned, unlike all other kinds of medicine. We have had herbal medicine from time immemorial. We even had some kind of spiritual healing by people who conducted all kinds of healing and they were very important in the society. All the chaos we are today witnessing in society, which are uncontrolled, are because of our abandoning, or forgetting and condemning our traditions and taking up things from the so-called West. So, herbal medicine is actually important. So, herbal medicine is an important part of our history and today, and I support this. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, you get quacks in a market left unattended and controlled. That is what has happened with herbal medicine. So, this Motion will try and bring order to an important market and knowledge that has been left unappreciated. We are likely to condemn the nine good people with herbal knowledge because there is one quack who lies that he can cure HIV/AIDS and any disease. That quack charges you maybe, ten cows because you are scared. So, it is very important that we pass this Motion and have these regulations so that order can be brought to this field. There is no doubt that we have examples. A university in Zimbabwe has identified today a plant that cures prostate cancer that we are scared of. That medicine is being sold in the market in Harare. The Zimbabweans will tell you that traditionally, men used to take soup made of that tree and traditional liquor once they were past a certain age. So, that knowledge has been there. We in Kenya and other countries of Africa need to appreciate our history, learn the good knowledge that our ancestors had and we will be better off. If we leave this knowledge unprotected and condemned in the open, the developed West will take advantage of it. There are many medicines the West is"
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