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    "id": 1278505,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1278505/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kimilili, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Didmus Barasa",
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    "content": "In this time and era, no country, Kenya included, can afford to lose its people just because they have consumed unhealthy food, neither should their cattle consume feeds that have not been certified. This Bill will go a long way to ensure that the healthy status of Kenyans is not curtailed or affected by food that is unsafe for human consumption. I have a belief that by approving this Bill, what we have been hearing about Kenyans consuming donkey meat, dog meat, and food that is not good for human consumption will cease to exist. I am even tempted to think that the food that I have been eating may not have been certified. I have always wanted to add some weight. So, I hope that when this Bill passes we will know which food is enriched with what nutrients from the notes they will add onto the packaging. We learnt in school, in a subject called Home Science, about what entails a balanced diet. Some unscrupulous hotels sell food that does not have the nutrients. Majority of the food we consume does not contain the requisite starch and carbohydrates listed on them. I believe that these food and feed safety inspectors will not only ascertain that food is good for human consumption, but will also contain the prescribed nutrients so that Kenyans get value for money. This is a very important Bill, like the Hon. Leader of the Majority Party has aptly put it and explained in detail. We may be having majority of Kenyans who are battling various mysterious diseases. It is reported that 90 per cent of the diseases are as a result of feeding on food that has not been certified to be fit for human health. I believe that we may have lost thousands of Kenyans because of the laxity to confirm whether food is fit for human consumption. We have also been told that majority of the fruits that are available in our Kenyan market are never allowed to ripen through the natural processes. That there are some additives that you spread on those fruits to help them ripen fast. If this House will pass this Bill and the Office of Food and Feed Safety Controller is created, then all the dubious acts we have been seeing will be a thing of the past. Food in our markets must be food that is properly inspected and certified to be fit for human consumption."
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