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    "id": 1278544,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1278544/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kericho County, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Beatrice Kemei",
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    "content": "proper measures to use. We know that health and agriculture functions are devolved. Therefore, public health officers should go to villages to let people know how to preserve foodstuffs. Members may have realized that life expectancy has come down. The main reason is lifestyle diseases. The food we eat nowadays is not safe. During the days of our mothers and grandmothers, they never drank water from modern refrigerators. They used traditional refrigerators because the water was safe. Nowadays, rivers are polluted, and the water is unsafe for drinking. We have to take this seriously and pass this Bill because it will save us. Also, looking at our schools, sometimes we have lost children because of poor food storage. The stores may be very small, and maize and beans are not properly stored. We should not forget the pesticides used to preserve maize and beans. Coordination is very important. This will stop the blame game - that the Ministry of Health or the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development have not done what they should. I also want to echo what some of my colleagues have said. The people working in the many departments of the ministries should up their game so that whatever we pass here is implemented to the letter. That is when we will know that we have done the right thing. Capacity building is also very important. Sometimes the officers appointed to work on these matters may not be competent. Regarding animal feeds, it is important to consume safe meat. In some places, when a cow is very sick, the farmer sells it to a butcher. That is how our people consume meat that is not safe. Animal feeds matter a lot. If we are to be on the safe side, let us pass this Bill and let it be implemented to the letter. As other Members said, the Bill does not target an individual but is for posterity. Even if one person was to be targeted at one time, those people cannot live forever. So, the people..."
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