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    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1184325/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kisumu West, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Rozaah Buyu",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. We are in this House to give our opinions. That is a matter of opinion. She can defend the Government because she respects it and thinks it is doing a good job. I choose to respect Kenyans who are crying because of the sweat and effort they have put in that is now being trashed because the Government has decided to bring in GMO maize. Hon. Temporary Speaker, we have watched many Kenyans die slow and painful deaths. If there is an iota of suspicion that GMO maize could lead to slow deaths of Kenyans, why on earth would the Government ignore that suspicion and decide that it is going to go on and import GMO maize? Why can the Government not take its time, if it is responsible? Should the Government not let the debate go on as it makes effort to find out more about the reality of GMO maize before it hurriedly brings in the maize to kill Kenyans? I come from an area where we do not grow a lot of maize but, I stand here as a Kenyan. What people in the Rift Valley Region suffer from, all Kenyans will also suffer from the same. Do not tell me that I should not speak about maize because I come from a fishing region, and that I should speak about fish because I know nothing about maize. I am speaking as a Kenyan. I am requesting the Government to put Kenyans first. If it does not, it will point to some cartels that are trying to make money by taking advantage of the drought situation and the suffering that Kenyans are currently undergoing to make a kill. People in many parts of this country have come out to say that they have a lot of maize. All the Government has to do is find ways of buying and moving that maize from where it is in surplus and take it to the parts of the country that are experiencing drought so that no Kenyan can die of hunger. The Government finds it difficult to move the maize within the country, but finds it much easier to import maize from far. If that is not an action of a group of cartels, then I do not know what it is? I support the Motion by Hon. Kirwa so that under no circumstance should we approve importation of GMO maize into the country. Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker."
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