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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Mututho",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "John Michael Njenga Mututho",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise to support this very important Bill. At the first instance, I want to congratulate my friend, Dr. Monda. We sit in the same Departmental Committee on Agriculture, Livestock and Co-operative Development with him. He supports me when I say food is therapeutic. Most of the conditions can be caused by bad feeding or things that we ingest or expose ourselves to. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, having said, the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Local Government was right that the Government cannot shy away from this particular battle for cancer. As a matter of procedure, they should move in fast to accommodate that clause that allows spending of money from Exchequer on this particular Bill when it comes to fruition. Why do I say this? First and foremost, the Government sat and slept for one day, one year, too long, at a point when they introduced leaded fuels. They knew that lead is a chief cause of cancer. They knew it too well that most Kenyans would eventually start dying one by one because of pollutants from lead. A case to cite is, if you are going to Naivasha, and you are climbing what is popularly known as Kinungi Hill--- We have had about three or four deaths from cancer related cases to the left, where the wind blows of that road compared to the other side of the road. That tells you straightaway it has something to do pollutants. It was not until four or five years ago, that the Government attempted to do the unleaded fuels. So, the Government participated in promotion of this cancer causing organism. As we sit here, we know it. No country is dealing with lead. You cannot get fresh lead anywhere but this Government has sat and waited again, one day, one year, two months, too long to have and apprehend these people who are doing nothing, but recycle these old batteries. When you recycle old batteries, what you are trying to do is to recover lead. Lead is very serious poisions."
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