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    "id": 34832,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/34832/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Raila",
    "speaker_title": "The Prime Minister",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 195,
        "legal_name": "Raila Amolo Odinga",
        "slug": "raila-odinga"
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    "content": "Hon. Kabogo asked why GMO is not just GMO. What we said was that we were allowing importation of maize. The information that we have is that non-GMO maize is now very scarce on the international market. There are few countries, such as Malawi and Zambia--- South Africa, which is the biggest producer of maize on this continent, is GMO. You can no longer get non-GMO maize in South Africa, India, USA and so on. So we asked: Are we going to allow our people to starve to death just because we cannot import GMO food? We said “No”. That was why we gave the option to the people who can import maize to, preferably, bring in non-GMO maize; but if it is the GMO maize that is available, we will not let our people starve to death because of GMO. This is why we allowed this option. We also gave conditions which are contained in the Biosafety Act, which was passed by these very same hon. Members of Parliament. We passed the Act. Why did these hon. Members pass the Biosafety Act, if then thereafter they were to say they do not want us to import GMO food, even if the product we are bringing in satisfies the conditions contained in that Act?"
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