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    "id": 1278478,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1278478/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Emuhaya, ANC",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Omboko Milemba",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I take this opportunity to congratulate the chairpersons and the Members of the two committees who worked on this Bill. I am talking about the Departmental Committee on Agriculture and Livestock and the Departmental Committee on Health. They have put in place the Office of Food and Feed Safety Controller, which will be in charge of food and feed safety. It will control the food we eat and the feed we give to our animals. If animal feed is contaminated, it is likely to affect us too. I want to look at this Bill from an agricultural point of view first before I touch on the safety bit, which is also necessary. In my view, the Office of Food and Feed Safety Controller must enhance the capacity of farmers in this country. It has to be both crop-producing and animal-breeding farmers. These farmers should be given the necessary accessories for their crops. Food insecurity in this country is as a result of such an office, which could control the type of inputs given to our farmers, not being in place. For quite some time, people from the food producing areas like Kitale, North Rift, and other places, gave up on food production because they were not sure of the kind of inputs given to them. A good example is fertiliser. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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