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    "id": 408158,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Outa",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Fredrick Otieno Outa",
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    "content": "Hon. Speaker, the impact of the ban of GMOs will also affect our business in Kenya and that will be denying Kenyans and the region as a whole an opportunity to access food during times of emergencies since Kenya is a major transit corridor for food aid destined for the greater horn of the African region. Number two, uncertainty over continued access of food supplements containing GMO ingredients such as corn, soya blended for vulnerable and special needs people who use them due to health reasons including school feeding programmes, loss of business and revenue as the transit of GMO foodstuffs are rerouted to other alternative ports such as Kismayu and Dar es Salaam. Due to the ban, the additional humanitarian food aid sources such as from United States Agency for Development (USAID) and World Food Programme (WFP) are no longer tenable since the alternative sources of the non-GMO products are more expensive. Food importers are unable to source for cheaper and available products as a result of the ban, for example, GMOs from South Africa."
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