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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Midiwo",
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        "legal_name": "Washington Jakoyo Midiwo",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me the opportunity to support this Bill. I want to also thank the Minister responsible and her staff for taking the courage to bring back this Bill to Parliament. In the Ninth Parliament, this Bill was just about to make it. I want to thank the Departmental Committee on Agriculture, Lands and Natural Resources, which was then led by Mr. Bett, for having looked at the offending clauses. We imagined that we had reached a consensus and now the product is something that this country should live with so that we can feed our people. It is very surprising that there is a lot of opposition to this Bill. There are a lot of insinuations that Members of Parliament are selling the country. The questions are: To whom are we selling the country? Who is paying for those civil society groups to question the moral authority December 2, 2008 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 3773 of hon. Members when they are supporting and are willing to feed their own people?"
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