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"speaker_name": "Sen. Sakaja",
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"content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I thank Sen. Mary Seneta for bringing this important Statement. There are a couple of issues that have emerged since that report was released. We need to get to the bottom of it since it only addressed meat products yet certain unscrupulous traders, with the aim of increasing shelf life, are adding Sodium Sulphite into food, and some medics online say that it is normal. We want to get to the bottom of it so that we know and are able to assure our people that whatever they are consuming is actually suitable for them. Mr. Speaker, Sir, more importantly, the Committee, and I hope it is the Committee on Health or the Committee on Tourism, Trade and Industrialization, should look at the matter of standards in this country. The reasons we have these institutions is because ordinary Kenyans cannot tell whether food is safe or not. Mr. Speaker, Sir, as educated as you are, you may not be able to tell whether your meat has Sodium Metabisulphite because there is an institution that is supposed to ensure that it is alright. Today, the Kenya Bureau of Standards (KeBs) has let Kenyans down. Today, almost everything can kill you. You wake up in the morning to take tea and find"
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