{"id":701606,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/701606/?format=json","text_counter":57,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Makenga","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":1650,"legal_name":"Richard Makenga Katemi","slug":"richard-makenga-katemi"},"content":"Hon. Deputy Speaker, we have established that the National Biosafety Authority was not involved in the said recommendation which prompted the ban in 2012. Therefore, a thorough and comprehensive investigation on the ban of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) should be conducted. GMOs provide a chance to feed the ever growing population at a cheaper cost. Many independent studies have come up with verdicts that GMOs are safe. The University of California conducted such a study on one million animal species and established that there were no ill health effects arising from the GMO technology."}