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    "id": 585435,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Nassir",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 2433,
        "legal_name": "Abdulswamad Sheriff Nassir",
        "slug": "abdulswamad-sheriff-nassir"
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    "content": "reduction. Because this is something that involves both the county and national governments, I agree--- I was saddened the other day when a NACADA Board director said the National Assembly leaders and Senators from the coastal region have not done anything regarding the fight against drugs and drug abuse. This is when people are just after making news and nothing else. I have to ask myself: When NACADA is the body that has been given that job to do, how do they point fingers at someone else? We have done our part in terms of demand reduction by coming up with sensitisation campaigns and ways of rehabilitating drug users. It is upon the security forces to say enough is enough. They have to ensure that they arrest the right people who are the suppliers of drugs. The Judiciary should also help. I have been on record that, unfortunately, the Judiciary lets a number of drug dealers to go scot-free. I do not wish to have any fear that I am on HANSARD record. A number of drug dealers in Mombasa are going scot-free because the Judiciary has decided that someone who is a known criminal can just be given a bail of Kshs20,000 or Kshs30,000. My hope is that Members will accept this amendment so that we can have both the county and national governments fighting the menace of drugs and drug abuse. Thank you."
}