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    "id": 654126,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. A.B. Duale",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": "This Bill, as presented before this House, seeks to facilitate the implementation of Article 11 of the Constitution, particularly sub-section (3)(b) and also the implementation of Article 69(1) of the Constitution, by amending Section 27(a) of the Seeds and Plants Varieties Act which is the principal Act, in order to provide for the establishment of a Plant Genetic Resource Centre. This is as a key institution responsible for conservation and for the regulation of access and benefit sharing of these genetic resources for food and agriculture. Therefore, when we implement these Articles, we are also amending Section 27(a) of the Seeds and Plants Varieties Act. That gives us the opportunity to establish a body to be known as Plant Genetic Resource Centre to deal with the conservation and regulation in terms of how one can access and benefit from genetic resources. Hon. Deputy Speaker, let me look at the salient features of this proposed legislation. It is a small Bill, but very important. That is why the framers of the Constitution felt that Parliament must do a legislation based on Article 261(1) of the Constitution. Clause 2 of the Bill provides for the amendment of the Long Title of the Act in order to harmonise it with the amendment we are proposing to Section 27(a). Clause 3 proposes to amend Section 2 of the principal Act, so that we include the new definitions. Clause 4 proposes to amend Section 27(a) in order to provide for the establishment of the plant, Genetic Resource The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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