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    "id": 560203,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/560203/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Ndiema",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Henry Tiole Ndiema",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise to issue a Statement in regard to the request by Sen. Kisasa on Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs). Ensuring food security is one of the core mandates of the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries. Kenya faces challenges of food insecurity and malnutrition, climate change, pests, diseases as well as degraded soils, which raise concerns on the ability of the farmers and the country to ensure that there is food security for all. The solution to some of these challenges in the agricultural sector lies with biotechnology. Kenya is a signatory to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, of United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity; having signed the Protocol in the 2000 and ratified it in 2003.The Government of Kenya subsequently approved the National Biotechnology Policy in 2006. The Policy provides for a responsible use of biotechnology in addressing some of the challenges in agriculture. Kenya has banned the importation of genetically modified products since 2012 due to lack of sufficient information regarding the public health impact of genetically modified foods. A task force domiciled in the Ministry of Health was established by the Kenya Government to review and evaluate scientific information on the safety of genetically modified food on human health and advise on the future GMO related trade The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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