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    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/873141/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wetangula",
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        "legal_name": "Moses Masika Wetangula",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, you look at the minutes of an Inter-Ministerial Committee and you wonder why some people should still be sitting in Government offices. In one of the minutes, the Inter-Ministerial Committee sits and without any justification, because the gazette notice has said that the maize must not be GMO and set other conditions, it simply directs that the maize docked at the Port of Mombasa facing documentation challenges should be cleared and discharged immediately. They did that without caring whether this maize was fit for human consumption or whether it was GMO. In fact, sitting in this Chamber, the Kenya Bureau of Standards (KeBS) came and told our Committee that the maize that was in the National Cereals Board which was imported was over 67 per cent unfit for human consumption. Yet, people have walked away with Kshs18 billion to bring swill to this country! That is what we are dealing with. Mr. Speaker, Sir, this is an opportunity for President Uhuru Kenyatta who has committed himself to clean the country, to take a steel broom, clean up the mess and deal The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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