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    "id": 655842,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Anami",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Lisamula Silverse Anami",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, this amendment Bill is very important to this House because it gives effect to Article 11 of the Constitution. It says that communities are supposed to be compensated for exploitation of their heritage. I also want to underline the fact that seeds in their varieties, especially indigenous seeds, are very important to our communities because they have different roles. Among those roles is medicinal. Some seeds are food substances while others are used for different cultural purposes. It is important that we have an institution that regulates and continues to research on these seeds. We are losing a lot. We are losing so much indigenous knowledge. Some of it is being taken away because we do not have related patents on them and yet they are medicinal and important. I had an opportunity to participate in the International Decade for Promotion on African Traditional Medicine. We tested a lot of medicinal substances used by our communities. All of them were found to have efficacy that supports treatment and prevention of certain diseases. By passing this law to protect our seeds, we will be enhancing our regime for traditional medicine. It is important that this is carried out even in the education process. The African child always went through the process of knowing how to use certain medicinal plants. This knowledge is disappearing every day as we take to modernity. It is very important that the 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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