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    "id": 1353065,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1353065/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Olekina",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Ledama Olekina",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, my focus is, and this is where I want to emphasise as I end; we must build the capacity of not only farmers but also county governments to ensure food safety. That is why we are in this Parliament. We are in this Parliament to pass laws that not only build certain businesses but Bills that protect human life and ensure that Kenyans are healthy. You will be saddened if I tell you that in most parts of this country, people just eat whatever they can because life has become very expensive. When you go to our borders like Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania, sometimes people just eat whatever they can get, if it is cheaper there, they will just consume it. We must add one other element in this Bill that ensures that whatever we are importing does not only look at the issues of certificate of conformity or origin, we also look at it within our standards. That will call for us to look at our treaties and common commercial zones like the East African Community (EAC), so that we see whether our standards will match. With those few remarks, Madam Temporary Speaker, I support and wish that the county governments can be enhanced in terms of finances to support this issue of food safety."
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