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    "id": 1184206,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1184206/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Seme, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr.) James Nyikal",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. The debate on GMO has turned political. There are issues of health, environment and agricultural economy, which also includes the fate of our farmers. First is the issue of health, and I will make it in my mind extremely simple. The data we have on GMO is not conclusive. There is data that indicates that GMO is safe. There is also data that indicates that GMO is not safe. The rule of the thumb in health is that if there is doubt, you avoid it and do not take the risk. As a country, we need to take the rule of the thumb that where there is doubt, we avoid it and do not take risk with the health of our people. Second, the economic element is even bigger and that is why it is being pushed from outside. That is simple. When you get the seeds here and you plant them, they are going to affect our seeds. As Hon. Ochieng’ was saying, once the GMO seeds are planted, their products will not grow, you must buy the seeds. That would be okay if we were ready to buy seeds all the time. The real problem is that once you plant even a few GMO seeds here, through pollination, they will affect the local seeds. That means that even the local seeds which would propagate themselves easily so that farmers would grow and next year take some seeds and 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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