Asman Kamama

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• 1 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to table a strategy plan that we have; that is the Kenya National Bio-Technology Awareness Strategy which we developed as a Ministry in consultation with the National Bio-Safety Authority (NBA). I have both versions for Kiswahili and English because this matter is about serious sciences. So, I table both of them. view
• 1 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: On the issue of funds, we have allocated substantial amounts of money. For this year alone, we have given it close to Kshs20 million. view
• 1 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, we have an elaborate strategy to take that information to the nook and cranny of this country. We have formulated a strategy and all the 47 counties will be covered. view
• 1 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I told you we collaborate very closely with the Ministry of Agriculture and KARI, as you know, is under the Ministry of Agriculture. We collaborate quite closely and I know that this year alone, KARI got a substantial amount of money. I think KARI got something close to Kshs1 billion for operations and training researchers. view
• 1 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I started by stating categorically that, first of all, we do not import seeds. Secondly, the two consignments that were approved are actually in the form of a blend and were actually taken to refugee camps. I want to confirm that there is no GMO food that is outside the refugee camps in this country. view
• 1 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I talked about GMO products! Let us draw the dichotomy between the two - GMO foods and GMO products. The GMO products are actually approved by NBA and taken into enclosed environment where testing and research is done. But for GMO foods, I just want to talk about the two consignments that were taken to refugee camps. On the issue of the people who were supposed to be arrested, I must say that we have no information about them. There are no people who have taken GMO foods outside the refugee camps. On the consignment that was ... view
• 1 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Yes, Mr. Speaker, Sir. view
• 1 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I think you have heard it loud and clear. Prof. Olweny is an expert in bio-technology and bio-engineering. view
• 1 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, if my good friend, Dr. Munyaka, heard me clearly, I talked about a substantial number of professors in KARI, Kenya Plant Health Inspectorate Services (KEPHIS) and experts in the NBA. I know that we have very few of them at KEBS. They have the capacity because that role will be played by the NBA, which is getting empowered by the Ministry. I want to confirm to the House that the NBA is getting money to start its own special laboratory to handle this matter appropriately. view
• 1 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I think this issue was actually addressed by this House when we came up with the NBA. We enacted that and we now have a law in place. So, we are strengthening the NBA. It will liaise with other stakeholders like KEBS, KEPHIS and even the Kenya Ports Authority (KPA), so that there are enough security measures to address that problem. That way, we will not have GMOs filtering into the country. view