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    "id": 893781,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/893781/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Prof.) Ongeri",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Samson Kegeo Ongeri",
        "slug": "samson-ongeri"
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. It is a dangerous situation when we are carelessly using any herbicides, whether in the agricultural farm inputs or in the households. This is particularly so when these chemicals are at the whims of the sales people of the respective companies. Indeed, if you have looked at the records and health statistics, it is quite clear that cancer is on the rise; whether we are talking of cancer of the throat, colon, Gastro-Intestinal Tract (GIT), liver or pancreas. Many of our people are succumbing to these cancers and, obviously, it is as a result of the carcinogenic agents that are in some of these drugs or herbicides, more so the Roundup Herbicide, which has been quoted. Therefore, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we now need to look at it more closely or clearly. The Ministry must now come up with a new catalogue of the insecticides which are not harmful or injurious to human use. I know that they will come up with excuses, saying that we must wear protective gear and A, B, C, or D, so as to come of that thing. However, we can no longer continue exposing our people through these harmful agents, which can also be absorbed through the nostrils, gums or mucous membrane and also through the skin itself. We are, therefore, exposed. This also includes the hazardous environment, where we are inhaling all sort of chemicals out of the very bad and awkward environment that we have. More so, when we have this very hot sunshine, which interacts with some of the plastics and elements to create new elements and products which are harmful to the body."
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