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"content": "On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I rise to seek direction from the Chair regarding a ruling that you made in this House. On 22nd December, a Question was brought to this House by hon. Mututho. Part âcâ of the Question stated as follows:- â(c) what quantities of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) maize had been imported into the country in the last three years and what law the Government was using to allow and control GMO imports into the country?â There was heated debate, if I may remind you, and you were on the Chair. However, you gave the following ruling. I will it quote from the HANSARD. âGiven the nature of the problem and the risk it poses to Kenyans, the Chair directs that a Joint Committee of the Departmental Committee on Agriculture, Livestock and Co-operatives, Departmental Committee on Defence and Foreign Relations and the Departmental Committee on Health to move with speed and report back to the House on this matter.â The convening Chair of the Joint Committee was none other than the Questioner of this Question. To date, the Report on this matter has never been laid on the Table. I am just curious whether my good friend has become mixed up by the maize business. This matter is being discussed in other Parliaments. Unless that Report is brought here, we will be denied an opportunity to discuss the matter. This matter has been heavily criticized, for example, in the Scottish Parliament. So, I would want a ruling on why the Chair of the Departmental Committee on Agriculture Livestock and Cooperatives has not tabled that Report."
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