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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kasuti",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Suleiman Murunga Kasuti",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity to add my voice to this very important Bill that is affecting our nation. I would like to speak on the amendments on NACADA. You will find that NACADA, the Provincial Administration and National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) are responsible for making sure that the consumption of alcohol or drugs is controlled. However, many times, you find that the people who are supposed to be working to ensure that those things do not take place are well aware of where the consumption takes place and nothing is done about the people who are engaged either its selling or consumption. Basically, we must blame the NACADA organization which is, indeed, charged with this responsibility. We have not seen, for example in Nairobi, any action being taken. If action is being taken, then you will never see those people appearing in court or anywhere else. So, we need to look at this Act properly and not just in a manner that is not going to help this country at all. There are a lot of laws that are being amended in a very haphazard manner, and we will not be able to achieve what we want to achieve as a country that way. The Provincial Administration, which is supposed to help in making sure that the drugs are not taken, is, indeed, engaged in collecting “kick-backs” and do not really engage itself in wiping out drug taking. In places like Coast Province, people are really affected. We saw people who had been caught taking drugs being lined up in alleys. At the end of the day, we have not seen them being taken to court. If they have been, the fines that are imposed are so meagre. People who do not appear in court are let to go free. As legislators who are concerned, we need to pass the amendments which are punitive so as to make sure that we control drugs. If we are to wipe out drug taking, then we must be serious about what we are doing. My emphasis was on drug taking, which I see as a real menace to this country. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker."
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