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    "speaker_name": "Dr. Mwiria",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Higher Education, Science and Technology",
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        "legal_name": "Valerian Kilemi Mwiria",
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    "content": "So, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we need to be very careful that we do not administer accusations selectively. That we should identify what is most dramatic and what looks more negative and use that to discredit a technology that has even the potential to defeat even some of that evidence that is being presented by detractors. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is unfortunate that we have taken so long and, up to now, more than ten years after, we still have not enacted this very important Bill! Unfortunately, it is not for lack of sensitisation or, rather, it is not for lack of the fact that the Ministry has made every effort. I know that Dr. Wekesa did his best when he was the Minister for Science and Technology in terms of calling hon. Members for seminars! As a matter of fact, when it used to be one Ministry - the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, I remember, in 2003, it was one of my first missions to talk about biotechnology while closing a seminar, again, for hon. Members! So, even for hon. Members, a great deal has been done! Only one week ago, there was a seminar. It was a major attempt! In addition to those kinds of meetings, there is literature that has been published. There is even literature that has been done in simple, non-technical language - literature in Kiswahili to summarise the messages so that those who are afraid of the consequences can see it very clearly, because there is nothing to hide. We need to reach those who are not likely to be reached by the more complicated literature that we have access to."
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