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"speaker_name": "Busia CWR, ODM",
"speaker_title": "Hon. Catherine Omanyo",
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"content": " Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. First, I want to thank the people of Busia for overwhelmingly voting me in. It was a landslide win for me. I will not take it for granted because the task ahead of me is to keep serving them. I have issues I want addressed and become history in Busia County. They include children crossing swamps in order for them to get to school, release of fishermen jailed in Uganda for not fishing on the Kenyan side of the lake, and helping widows, elderly persons and Persons living with Disabilities (PWDs). They need to know that they now have a mother. I want to thank them for believing that I can take care of them. The President, in his Speech, did not mention Genetically Modified Organism ( GMO) food but he is nonetheless already implementing it. Is he ignorant of the disadvantages of GMOs? From where I sit, GMOs are toxic to our bodies and cause loss of nutrition. We already have children and adults who are suffering from malnutrition in Kenya. Why then should we bring such a thing to our nation? They also cause cancer and antibiotic resistance. As Members of Parliament and leaders of this nation, we should be brought to the knowledge of some things before they are introduced to us. Kenya has natural habitats and very fertile soils. We would not like to downgrade it. The President also did not mention the issue of perforated boundaries yet we recently witnessed Kenyans dying like chicken in Baringo yet the people who perpetrate the killings are known. As a mother, I wept. Nobody should be sleeping pretty waiting to dig graves in Kenya. We want to lead people who are alive and Kenyans should not live in fear. Thank you."
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