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    "id": 1183849,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1183849/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Lemaltian",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I also rise to support this Motion on food security by Sen. Gataya Mo Fire of Tharaka Nithi County. We must call a spade a spade and not a big spoon. It is never the wrong time to do and say the right thing. It is very disheartening to learn that the country and the administration of His Excellency William Ruto is importing maize while they should be focusing on giving jobs and creating employment for the many jobless youth and women in this country who are very capable of taking part in various and diverse agricultural activities. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, according to a survey done by the Roots to Food Security Advocacy Group, it Showed that about over 50 per cent of Kenyans are not interested in consumption of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO) foods. As you know, from Article 43 of our Constitution, our citizens have the right to access secure and adequate food. I believe that the GMOs are a threat to our food and national security unlike what we are being forced to believe. I believe our nation should shift focus from poverty eradication to wealth creation in the sense that we have a very fertile country in terms of soils and productivity. We have a huge number of unemployed women and youth who are willing to go into agriculture. Case study is what Israel, China and Singapore did in utilizing the human resource within their nations to advance the interest and securing the economic stability of their nations. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the leaders of Kenya and Africa at large, must shun the habit of making our countries dumping site of rejected items oversees. For instance, the company that bought the Monsanto Company which manufactures the GMOs is a German company. However, the whole of Europe, apart from Spain has rejected GMOs. Why is the German company going to sell their product to other countries especially targeting Africa yet even Germany itself has banned the GMOs? We cannot afford to put the fate of Kenya’s food security in the hands of these monopoly, self-enriching, multi-national cooperations. It is a very funny coincidence that recently, the billionaire, Mr. Bill Gates who has a very keen interest in such firms and multinationals recently visited Kenya. Suddenly, the debate on GMOs is rising and is the topic of discussion in the whole country. I believe that the administration of the day can do what they have to do to get---"
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