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    "id": 175600,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/175600/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Kajembe",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Environment and Natural Resources",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 163,
        "legal_name": "Ramadhan Seif Kajembe",
        "slug": "ramadhan-kajembe"
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    "content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) I am not aware that Lake Naivasha is currently toxicated due to the use of banned agrochemicals including Furadan. My Ministry has established that, banned agrochemicals including Furadan are not currently being used in any of the flower farms around the lake. Flower farmers along the lake, including members of Lake Naivasha Growers Group and Lake Naivasha Riparian Owners Association stopped using such agrochemicals and their organic chlorines in 2003. (b) I am also not aware that Furadan chemical has been blamed for causing nervous December 10, 2008 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 4017 disorder in lions along the lake. Carnivores, including lions do not occur regularly around Lake Naivasha, which consists mainly of herbivores such as hippopotamus, giraffes, zebras, wildebeest and waterbucks. I wish to state that the only recently observed case of nervous disorder in lions was in the Mara Conservancy where five lions showed indications of paralysis due to carbon furan pesticide used by wheat farmers around the Mara Game Reserve. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Government institution charged with the responsibility of controlling the importation of agrochemicals such as Furadan is the Pest Products Control Board. It is best placed to make decisions on whether to ban hazardous agrochemicals with due consideration to positive and negative impacts on environment, human and animal health."
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