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    "id": 1191127,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1191127/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Laikipia East, TSP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Mwangi Kiunjuri",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for allowing me to contribute to this very important Motion that is before us. I thank the Hon. Deputy Speaker for moving it. If you look at what we are discussing today and the health of our people, the suffering we are going through as a country is an issue of negligence. The PCPB is a professional body that is run by professionals. I believe that their first duty is to protect the rights of Kenyans. Today, they owe us the duty equally the same way agrochemical companies and suppliers owe us the duty of care and full disclosure on the effects of the pesticides that we are using. Hon. Temporary Speaker, all over the world, it is the duty of any manufacturer to ensure that he educates the users of his finished commodities on the dangers that can befall them. For example, if you look at Kenya today, every packet of cigarettes comes with information warning that smoking is harmful to your body. If we can do that to our entrepreneurs and factories in this country, why do we allow other foreign companies to come to Kenya and dominate us in our territory, with the full knowledge of our professionals and bodies that are set up to protect Kenyans? We are not talking about the black market, whereby trade is conducted without the knowledge of the authorities. We are talking about chemicals that are supplied in this country which our institutions are aware of its dangers, but they do not take the simplest steps. For example, it is not only how harmful the chemicals will be when you consume the product, but also during the application."
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