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    "id": 1417688,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1417688/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Chuka/Igambang'ombe, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Patrick Ntwiga",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Chairlady. I stand on behalf of the Departmental Committee on Health to say two things: One, I have had a long discussion with the Deputy Speaker on the issue of pesticides in this country and its regulations. It is an issue that I have severally conversed with her. It is true I sat in the Departmental Committee on Health in the last Parliament. She brought that matter to Parliament which referred it to the Committee. I want to state that the Committee did not behave irresponsibly because it forwarded the matter to the responsible organ, the Pest Control Products Board (PCPB). We had a discussion with the Deputy Speaker and noted that we have a problem at the Pest Control Products Board. As she has put it, they are in bed with these companies. In this country, you will go to a company that is planting vegetables like onions and you find that there are two categories of vegetables; first that is meant for Kenyans and the second one meant for export. There are chemicals that they cannot use for vegetables meant for export. They use good chemicals on the vegetables meant for export, but for those consumed locally, they use pesticides that have been banned abroad. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor"
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