{"id":177256,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/177256/?format=json","text_counter":226,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Mr. Duale","speaker_title":"The Assistant Minister for Livestock Development","speaker":{"id":15,"legal_name":"Aden Bare Duale","slug":"aden-duale"},"content":" Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I stand here to oppose this Bill. This is because I have a number of fundamental issues to raise. However, if these issues are covered well, I will have no problem with this Bill. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, the fundamental question I want to ask and which I want everybody to hear is; if today you are the policy-maker in this country, could you allow a large scale-farmer to plant GMOs? If you are a policy-maker in this country, you need to ask yourself; if you were a consumer, will you eat such food? Those are two fundamental issues. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, what happens in the world is that political processes surrounding the passing of Biosafety Bills--- I can quote as many countries as I can---"}