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    "id": 1278481,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Tharaka, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. George Murugara",
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    "content": " Thank you very much, Hon. Deputy Speaker. Allow me to rise and support the Food and Feed Safety Control Coordination Bill. We should pause and ask ourselves how safe the food that Kenyans consume today is. We have insufficient food control mechanisms in the country. We know very well that the only other law that attempts to control food safety in the country is the Food, Drugs, and Chemical Substances Act, which is insufficient. That is why it is important to put a law in place to control the safety of food and animal feeds. We cannot afford to risk the lives of Kenyans by giving them food that is not fit for human consumption. Thus, we must have some coordinated way of ensuring that Kenyans eat food that is good for them. We know very well that we have problems with the fertilisers that we use and the pesticides that are applied in our farms. We are sometimes mocked on whether we know where what we have placed on our tables comes from. We are told that the best of the vegetables and tubers that we enjoy every evening, and that are grown all over, are watered with sewage because that is where they do very well. We have no control over that, and we may not establish that fact, but it may be true to some extent. We are also told that some of the animal meat that we enjoy such as beef, mutton, or chicken may be induced with some substances that make those animals grow faster than they should. As a result, we compromise our health. It is vitally important that we know exactly what we are eating. That is why we must have this law that regulates manufacturing, packaging, and distribution of food. Most times, we do not know how food that is sold on the streets of Nairobi, Mombasa, and other towns has been manufactured. The packaging may be wanting because the manufacturer may not package 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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