Entry Instance

HTTP 200 OK
Allow: GET, PUT, PATCH, DELETE, HEAD, OPTIONS
Content-Type: application/json
Vary: Accept

{
    "id": 1278570,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1278570/?format=api",
    "text_counter": 289,
    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Busia County, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Catherine Omanyo",
    "speaker": null,
    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. It is very important that we discuss this Bill. I have always known that there is a food safety management system in place, but the occupants of that office either do not care or are busy with business. We needed this Bill like a million years ago. We have delayed. Like Hon. Adipo had said, recently, unsafe sugar was released to the market when it needed to have been thrown out or banned. Unfortunately, it got lost. If we had proper food safety management in place, with a trained team that can trace such goods when misplaced and with proper documentation, it would show where it was taken. And the team would ensure the sugar does not reach anyone. Hon. Temporary Speaker, I support this Bill fully because we need to have a comprehensive monitoring system and traceability of every product that comes into Kenya or is sold in Kenya. We are all sick to the back of the last tip. We talk about things but leave them. We do not follow up to make sure they are implemented. We talk, yet our people are suffering. Today, some farmers inject animals to make them fat or give them food so they can be fat and grow very fast, especially chicken. Within a few days or two weeks, the chicken is big and ready for consumption. Those things that they use are not healthy for anyone. All of us are in trouble because this is the chicken that everybody consumes today. Pig farmers also inject or feed the animals funny food or pellets to make them grow fat and look healthy. When we buy such pork or poultry, we cook it in a hurry in our hustle and bustle of life. Sometimes, we microwave everything and eat something that goes into our body system. After consuming it, we start having health issues. Inconsequential diseases start popping up. Most of the people who consume this meat cannot afford hospital bills. We need a regulation that protects every Kenyan, whether rich or poor, from anything we take in open-air markets or the markets that bora afya people used to visit. Anything that is going to be consumed by Kenyans should be inspected properly. Hon. Temporary Speaker, allow me to stop there because of time. This office needs to be in place. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker."
}