{"id":1184291,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1184291/?format=json","text_counter":326,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Tigania West, UDA","speaker_title":"Hon. (Dr.) John Mutunga","speaker":null,"content":"There are several things that come into play when you change the form of an organism – that is, you make it a GMO. Therefore, BT Maize is called BT because it has the gene of a bacterium called Bacillus (B) Thuringiensis (T) . That is why it is called BT Maize."}