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    "id": 200577,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/200577/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Yattani",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Science and Technology",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Ukur Yattani",
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    "content": " Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. Hon. Members may wish to know that I shall be introducing some amendments at the Committee Stage. Those amendments will include, among others, views advanced by hon. Members and other stakeholders who, in many workshops organized in Nairobi and Mombasa, proposed various issues that will now be captured in those amendments. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, in particular, I have noted the contribution by Prof. Anyang'-Nyong'o, who pointed out that the Chair of the Biosafety Authority needs to be an eminent scientist, rather than a judge of the High Court, as earlier proposed in the Bill. Further, we have noted the need to have a majority of members of the Appeals Board and National Biosafety Authority to be comprised of many scientists. The moral aspect of biosafety as relates to stem cell technology, among others, shall also be addressed. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, finally, I want to assure the House that this Bill is not intended to interfere with the health of our people nor the environment. Countries like Brazil, India, Spain and others have been raising benefits of biotechnology for a long time and their economies have grown. We hope that the same will happen to Kenya. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I thank hon. Members and hope that they will still support the Bill during the Committee Stage. With those few remarks, I beg to move."
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