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    "id": 1184252,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1184252/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kwanza, FORD-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon Ferdinand Wanyonyi",
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    "content": " I am told it is called Katumani. We should introduce indigenous crops that we can grow ourselves instead of getting crops whose origins we do not know. We are burying people every day because of cancer. We do not know whether it is because of the GMOs that we are talking about, the fruits we eat, or from eating wrong things. Hon. Temporary Speaker, all in all, we have enough maize. Therefore, I ask farmers in different regions to help the ministries. We can go back to our areas and tell farmers to sell maize to the NCPB. That maize is more than enough for the next six or seven months. After that, we might have another harvest. If they have already imported GMO maize and it is in Mombasa, this House should reject it and return it to where it has come from because we have enough maize. I also want to talk about irrigation. We should not just have irrigation during the dry spell. We are currently experiencing rains and we can have irrigation in areas like Galana- Kulalu where we have a lot of land. We can also do it in Trans Nzoia where we have the Agricultural Development Corporation (ADC) farms that are lying fallow. I managed to meet the Managing Director of the ADC yesterday and we talked about it. There is no food shortage in the country unless somebody has other interests. We do not want to say what they have, but we know that that can also be a reason why we are being asked to import maize. I hope that Members will reject that offer and the maize will be returned to where it came from. I do not know where it has come from. They have not told us. Unless there are interests, I have no problem with my friend, the current Cabinet Secretary. He has been in this House. However, that is a wrong move and we totally reject it."
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