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    "id": 1353058,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Olekina",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 407,
        "legal_name": "Ledama Olekina",
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    "content": "Instead of saying that, at the end of the year, they will produce a report to show the safety standard, they need to ensure safety before any food leaves a particular area. This is why I keep on reiterating that the moment we organise ourselves as cooperatives to produce food; it is the moment we start consuming food that is fit for human consumption. Madam Temporary Speaker, the Object of this Bill is to protect human life and health. It is quite clear and I like it. If you are protecting human life and health, should we then not empower county governments? I am happy that this Bill has raised this. I hope that we can now follow by allocating more money to counties. This is so that county governments can start civic education from the onset. Educating the public on the importance of not adding water to milk and, not to feed the cows anything without following the set standards. Today, most of our farmers do not know where that grass has come from. They just say this is grass and they feed the cows. They do not even know whether that grass has passed all tests. They do not even know whether there are any standards. This is especially so for the zero grazed animals. You know, nature intended for cows to roam around and collect food so that they can chose for themselves what to eat. Now, if you cage them all together and you provide them with food, then it is imperative that we control what leaves that area to go and feed the rest of the public. The previous Senator talked about the issue of veterinary officers certifying meat. Since the county governments have been given a role in this Bill, which is to implement and enforce food safety measures, they must carry out very basic tests such as the total fat content. They should do that in a region with milk aggregators. Before anybody goes out to buy that milk from there, they ensure the total fat content. In fact, the important one is to see whether the levels of aflatoxins are within the standard set for human consumption. If proper standard levels are not maintained, it can affect cows. We feed them with a lot of soya. Sometimes, it is not even soya. Most farmers in this country feed their cows with soya imported from Uganda and has not been well processed. They only put it into a big pot and a fire is lit to remove the oils. Then, we give the meal to the cows. We have to have these standards. That is why I am reiterating on the importance of these standards. I know we are very careful with most Bills that are introduced into this House when it comes to whether it is a money Bill or not. It is imperative that all county governments allocate a lot of resources and train many food safety individuals who can go out there and measure what we are feeding the cows with, so that we live in a good environment. Madam Temporary Speaker, the rate of cancer in this county is sky rocketing. You ask yourself why. It is because people are feeding on cancerous substances. You just get something and feed the cow. Afterwards, we consume meat from it. There is a place called Empuruputia in Narok County, Narok South. We have so many challenges in that place. In fact, it is in the Loita Hills, a very beautiful place."
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