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    "id": 177254,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/177254/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Prof. Olweny",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Education",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 122,
        "legal_name": "Patrick Ayiecho Olweny",
        "slug": "patrick-olweny"
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    "content": " Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I think most of us are educated. That is what I said. Is it not so? I can remember what I said a few minutes ago. In fact, almost everybody here is educated. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we remember what the Green Revolution did to the world in terms of food production. We have wheat, cereals and grain legumes because the Western World allowed the advancement of technology. They improved breeding technology and methods. That is what led to the Green Revolution. Due to the increase of population across the world, what was developed at that time has been outstripped. We are too many across the world. So, we have to come up with better technology to improve on food production. That is why modern biotechnolgy has come in. So, let us give modern biotechnolgy a chance. Let us give our scientists a chance to help us sort out the problem of food insecurity. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, a few people from western Kenya are with us here. When I say western Kenya, I mean west of Rift Valley where we have the striger weed. This is a terrible weed which affects maize, sorghum and sugar-cane. The only way to handle this weed today is genetic modification because scientists have tried all methods and they have been defeated. So, because of food insecurity in western Kenya, I am appealing to Kenyans, Members of Parliament and people in civil society to give science a chance. I think there are other Members of Parliament who are also interested in supporting this Bill. I had a lot to say but I beg to support."
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