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    "id": 1201099,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Sifuna",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13599,
        "legal_name": "Sifuna Edwin Watenya",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I conclude, as I see my time is almost up. The decision such as the lift on the ban of GMOs is a radical policy pronouncement. We have told the Majority side, that we believe it is a matter upon which further public participation ought to have been undertaken before the decision was made. I refer the House to Article No. 10 of our Constitution. It states that whenever any State officer, public officer or any person makes or implements public policy decisions, they are tied down to complying with the national principles and values as set out in Article 10(a), including patriotism and participation of the people. We do not believe that that decision was subjected to that process. Finally, I know that if I give my own opinion here, on some of these things, it will be dismissed. I want to inform the House that I am a Catholic. Catholics take policy positions from the Pope. The Pope speaks to these issues through letters to his Bishops called encyclicals. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Pope has already issued an encyclical on the question of GMO foods. If you allow me, I would like to read an excerpt from that particular encyclical."
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