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    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1185210/?format=api",
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Thang’wa",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. In 2020, South Africa conducted consumer awareness in matters Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO). Their finding was that illiteracy was an impediment. People did not understand about GMO. I would want this House to be included in that list of people who do not understand what GMO is and are therefore, blocking the idea because they do not understand it. Even the Bible in says Hosea 4:6 that my people will perish due to lack of knowledge and information. As it has been urged by fellow Senators, let us understand exactly what GMO is. Our forefathers have been practising GMO for a long time; genetically modifying plants by cutting a piece of branch from a different plant and putting it to another. That is grafting and is genetically modifying the genes of that plant. When you do cross-breeding, you take your heifer to your neighbour’s house because they have a better breed, you are genetically modifying that heifer to get proper production. Before we say no to GMO, let us understand that it is coming to solve the issue of hunger. Twenty eight countries cannot be wrong. Eighty three per cent of soya beans grown in the whole world is GMO. We have been drinking that milk in our supermarkets. After nearly three decades of GMO use - according to my research - the International Service for the Acquisition of Agribiotech Application (ISAA), found no harm in the consumption of GMO. This is a debate that---"
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