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    "id": 974541,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/974541/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Uasin Gishu CWR, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Gladys Boss Shollei",
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        "legal_name": "Gladys Jepkosgei-boss Shollei",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I, the undersigned, on behalf of the representatives of Biodiversity and Biosafety Association of Kenya, the Kenya Organic Agriculture Network, the Resources Oriented Development Initiative and the Route to Food Initiative, draw the attention of the House to the following: THAT, there has been an increase in prevalence of chemical pesticides in Kenya which pose a risk to human health and harmful effects to the environment. THAT, the volume of imported insecticides, herbicides and fungicides has more than doubled in the last four years from 6,400 tonnes in 2015 to 15,600 tonnes in 2018 with a growth rate of 144 per cent; THAT, despite this, there is no data available concerning the use of pesticides, concentration of pesticides in water, soil and food and their related impacts; THAT, there are products on the Kenyan market that are certainly classified as carcinogenic (24 products), mutagenic (24 products), endocrine disrupter (35 products), neurotoxic (140 products) and many which show clear effects on reproduction toxicity (262 products); many of which have been banned in Europe, United Kingdom and United States of America; THAT, this is worrying because the increase in pesticide use has not been accompanied by the necessary safeguards to control how they are applied and used; THAT, during the pesticides registration process in Kenya, mainly the purity and the efficacy of the product is tested. Data on human and environmental health under the local conditions is scarcely taken into consideration. The Pest Control Product Act Cap.346 of the laws of Kenya does not state environmental and/or human health as a possible concern during the registration process; THAT, the Kenya Plant Health Inspectorate Service (KEPHIS) has been contravening Section 15 of the Pest Control Product Act by failing to publish available information on the actual levels of pesticides in food samples collected and putting in place regular monitoring systems; THAT, there are no epidemiological health studies related to pesticide exposure on our health and their impact to the environment; The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
}