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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Ugunja, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Opiyo Wandayi",
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    "content": " Hon. Deputy Speaker, I will say just a few things. First, we all know that this country, through its Cabinet, had placed a ban on the importation and dealing in all GMOs all the way from 2012. It is surprising, indeed, that a purported Cabinet meeting lifted the ban on GMOs and yet we know that it was not a Cabinet meeting. Article 152(1) of the Constitution defines the Cabinet as the President, the Deputy President, the Attorney-General and Cabinet Secretaries. Article 152(2) of the Constitution says that the President is supposed to nominate Cabinet Secretaries and appoint them upon approval by this House. The Constitution does not contemplate the President sitting with some members of an old Cabinet and calling it a Cabinet meeting. It does not envisage a situation The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for informationpurposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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