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    "id": 1191095,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1191095/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Uasin Gishu County, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Gladys Boss",
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    "content": "manufactured in those countries to be exported to a country that is foolish enough to permit it and, in this case, our country has been negligent and allowed this to come into our country. For instance, in the year 2020 when Kenya was tackling the locust menace, the World Health Organisation (WHO) allowed the use of chemical sprays that contained compounds that are prohibited in Europe and other Western countries. I took the initiative to write a letter to WHO offices at the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Headquarters in Nairobi and also to Rome. They ignored my request even though I made it clear to them that the pyrethrum-based pesticide that could be used to kill the locusts was locally available in sufficient quantities. They colluded with the agro-chemical companies that are selling the dangerous and hazardous chemicals in our country. I raised this issue in an official letter. Those products are manufactured in Western countries. They are not for domestic use but for export. After the prevalence of cancer and related diseases, we still purchase cancer-treating medical equipment from the same countries. They make us sick then send us their equipment to treat ourselves. They make us buy medicine which they manufacture to treat an illness that they create. They are creating a vicious cycle and a market for themselves."
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