{"id":244599,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/244599/?format=json","text_counter":170,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Dr. Kibunguchy","speaker_title":"The Assistant Minister for Health","speaker":{"id":294,"legal_name":"Enoch Wamalwa Kibunguchy","slug":"enoch-kibunguchy"},"content":" Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the way I understand \"genetically-modified\" is that you modify the genes of an organism to be resistant to a particular problem that you are trying to solve. But it is not applied in a blanket manner. You cannot say that it will be resistant to all insects; for example, the \"Osama\" pest in maize. We are looking at one particular organism. But as far as I know, there are no chemicals used; it is just modifying the genes of an organism."}