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    "id": 654136,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/654136/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Barua",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 1529,
        "legal_name": "Ejidius Njogu Barua",
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    "content": "From the outset, I fully support the Bill. It has come at the right time. The Bill is aimed at protecting genetic resources of our nation and by extension our nation’s wealth. To start with, Africa is the most bio-diverse continent in the World. For generations, Western counties have used Africa as a laboratory for plant genetic resources. In so doing, in some cases, we have ended up losing our genetic resources which have been patented elsewhere for purposes like medicine. The other issue of concern is modernisation of genetic engineering over time as we have been losing some of our indigenous varieties. These are food crops and other vegetation. The varieties that we have been losing are suitable for Africa Continent only. It is important for us, as a nation and as a continent, to ensure that we protect these resources, so that they do not disappear in future. The initiative to have this protection is a process that has been going on for many years by governments and civil society organizations, especially from the Third World countries. The other reason why I support this Bill is because indigenous Kenyans have not been benefiting in anyway from the exportation of the genetic resources. We have resources like the"
}