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    "id": 244593,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Capt. Nakitare",
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        "legal_name": "Davis Wafula Nakitare",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is not an issue. I am just highlighting it before I come to specific areas where Kenyans should have fears. Going by what is happening now, we do not have a policy guideline in our country to protect the farmers. This company uses its own chemicals to kill the pests. Once the pests turn resistant to the chemicals, it becomes more expensive to grow the crops which the company claims to be pest- resistant. We have seen areas where genetically-modified products have been sold. After the products have been produced and manufactured, the end result is that we are consuming a chemical that we do not know. There is no assurance that the products are safe for human consumption. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, Kenya grows maize on large scale. If we introduce genetically modified products and eliminate all beneficial pests, insects, butterflies and bees by use of the chemicals that the company uses, we shall have killed the natural---"
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