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    "id": 240749,
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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Sungu",
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        "legal_name": "Gor Eric Sungu",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I support this Motion wholeheartedly and would like to appeal to the Minister to support it and address the issues that he has raised when the Bill comes before the House, because there is room for that. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, Kenya is a signatory of the UN Guidelines on Consumer Protection which were passed under Resolution No.39/248 of 1985. Since then, Kenya has not observed even the most minimal standards in terms of consumer protection. This matter was considered so important by the wananchi of Kenya that it was incorporated in the Bomas Draft. One of the very first key provisions of the Bomas Draft was to enact legislation to protect the Kenyan consumer. Therefore, it is important to look at this issue. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, sometime back, it was said that the consumer is king. In Kenya, the opposite is true because we are still exposed to expired drugs and there is no recourse. The consumer must have a chance to be informed and to have that choice that needs legislation which is good enough to protect the consumer. The consumer in Kenya is underprivileged. He is an unequal partner in the trade with these big unscrupulous business organisations. With the advent of Genetically Modified Foods it is imperative that we have protection for the consumers because we still do not know enough about these Genetically Modified Foods. It is important that the consumer be protected by this Parliament. This Parliament is called upon to be futuristic and not to take us back to the 20th Century when things were so bad that you could do anything against the consumer and nothing could happen to you. With those few remarks, I beg to support."
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