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    "id": 243130,
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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Khamasi",
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        "legal_name": "Daniel Lyula Khamasi",
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    "content": "In that regard, I oppose this Motion. However, he should not carry that out of this Chamber. We must remain friends. The intention of the Motion is not good but retrogressive. We cannot go backwards. All I wanted to say has been said by other hon. Members. If today, this House passes this Motion and the Government went ahead and banned all the Genetically Modified (GM) foods, where shall we be in terms of food sufficiency? We are currently under a lot of pressure with the prevailing famine in ASAL areas. The people who live in those areas require food. The Chair knows that we do not have enough food to supply to the people who are starving. Most of the food is supposed to be imported. I think it is better to have GM foods to supply to our people who are dying of hunger than have nothing. I believe that the spirit of this Motion is bad and does not help anybody. We should not pass this Motion because it is dangerous. This Motion will not help our people, particularly, when it comes to the quantities and varieties of food that we seek to improve. We can only improve the quantities and varieties of food scientifically. The opposite will be to go back to where we were; that is planting unimproved maize seeds and mtama . This will not fit into the current situation where we require high quality and enough food for our people. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, with those few remarks, I oppose this Motion."
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