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    "speaker_name": "Garissa Township, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Dekow Mohamed",
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    "content": " Thank you very much, Hon. Deputy Speaker. On behalf of the House, I would like to take this opportunity to welcome all the students from the mentioned schools and particularly, Garissa Academy. It is one of the first private schools to be established in the whole of Garissa County. Interestingly, it is one of the schools that is owned by non-locals, that is, non-Somalis from the region. It was established in the early 1990s and it is one of the best performing schools in the county of Garissa. It is domiciled in my constituency. I take this opportunity again to advise all those students who are here to take this opportunity to learn as they aspire to be the next leaders of this country. On that note, I take this opportunity to contribute on the Bill which is on the Floor of the House. As has been said, we are talking about the safety of the food we eat and the feeds for our animals. As you might have noticed, this country is facing very serious challenges on the issue of food handling and production as has been mentioned by both departmental committees of Health and Agriculture and Livestock. There is a high prevalence of cancer in our country. Some of us have thought about it, though not scientifically proven, that it might be the processed foods that we are importing into this country which are not well regulated. We have a situation where any kind and type of food comes to this country without proper regulations. Food handling in this country is wanting. I believe the introduction of the Office of Controller of Food and Feed Safety will take care of these things. We have seen situations where food is grown on sewer lines. We are expecting international markets for our animals and that means we should take care of the kind of feeds we give to our animals so that they meet the international standards. If you are to export any food item to western countries and the Middle East, you face a lot of regulations, tests, and procedures on how that food is handled from the production stage to packaging and, ultimately, export. I highly welcome the efforts of both departmental committees of Agriculture and Livestock and Health for the good work they have done. Thank you."
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