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    "id": 408156,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/408156/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Outa",
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        "legal_name": "Fredrick Otieno Outa",
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    "content": "Number one, the scientific data and information that informed the ban and number two, whether the National Biosafety Authority (NBA) and other relevant agencies were consulted prior to the ban pronouncement by the Government. On the scientific data and information, on 19th September, 2012, a publication on GMO maize was published in the scientific journal Food and Chemical Toxicology linking genetically modified maize, NK603 with cancer and premature death in rats. Before that consultation, there were no consultations between the NBA or other relevant agencies. On the impact of the ban on the activities of the NBA, GMO research activities and business in GMO product in the country one, is negative image in the international community; a show of inconsistency on the political goodwill considering that there already exists a clear policy; legal and constitutional framework for managing and regulating biotechnology and biosafety in Kenya. The performance of the NBA has been adversely affected due to misinterpretation of the ban. The contravention of international conventions such as the Cartagena Protocol and World Trade Organisation (WTO) agreements. The ban could adversely affect realization of the Vision 2030 which identifies biotechnology as a tool for improving food production hence poverty eradication."
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