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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Kajwang",
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        "legal_name": "Gerald Otieno Kajwang",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, when I listened to Capt. Nakitare moving the Motion, I was very keen to hear what dangers are caused by Genetically Modified (GM) foods to human beings. I wanted to know what we are likely to suffer from health-wise. I also wanted to hear what environmental damage GM foods could bring to our country. If he could persuade us that we are likely to get cancer from GM foods, grow obese or damage our environment to the extent that our lungs could be affected, maybe, I could have listened. But if those things have not been scientifically proven--- The people who eat GM foods in the United States of America (USA) are not dying from health problems. Their environment is not affected! It might even be better than ours. If he had highlighted all those problems, then I could have supported my friend. What I have read in the literature about GM foods does not support the view that those foods are a danger to human beings and the environment in any way. I have seen some lobby groups--- In fact, I met some lobby groups in a hotel. They were lobbying me with some cards saying that they were fighting against GM foods. I looked at them and, to me, they did not look as people who are aware of any scientific facts. They are people who are earning some money from some other lobbyists somewhere else. They are getting quite busy in the streets convincing us that those things are dangerous to our health and environment. If somebody does not want to eat GM foods, he can ask for naturally produced foods. I usually see it in Britain where shop-keepers label the foods as GM foods or Non-GM foods. So, you can choose what you want to eat. But to threaten us that a scientific development is likely to destroy us, without any scientific facts to that effect, is being an alarmist. We are not going to run this country through alarmists. You cannot, all of a sudden, wake up in the morning and frighten us that we are just about to die, because some catastrophy is likely to happen to this country. That catastrophy has not happened in South African, USA, Europe and China. Why is Kenya behaving as if it is outside this world?"
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