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    "id": 305872,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/305872/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Githae",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Finance",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 159,
        "legal_name": "Robinson Njeru Githae",
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    "content": " Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I rise to support these very important amendments to the Bill. In doing so, I have a few points I would like to make. The first one is to ask the Minister to establish a safe storage place for our seeds and plant materials, so that we can protect them for use by future generations. I know that there is such a storage facility somewhere in Europe, but we also need one in Kenya. We may not have snow and ice in Kenya. I am told that the storage facility in Europe is located underground, in a very cold place. I am sure that we can replicate something like that in Kenya for storage of seed and plant materials to just make sure that the plants and animals that we have do not become extinct. The second point I want to make is also on seed banks. I would like to tell the Minister to see how intellectual property rights can be strengthened to also include plants and seeds. At the moment, it is more geared towards industrial property rights, but we can also have rights on seeds, plants and cuttings. Thirdly, I would like to request my fellow Kenyans that if someone has come up with an innovation in the form of a new variety of seed or plant, if you use it, please, pay that person. We have piracy of music. We are now going to piracy of seeds and plants."
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