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    "id": 635505,
    "url": "http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/635505/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Kajuju",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 840,
        "legal_name": "Florence Kajuju",
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    "content": "So, the Meru nation is under persecution. What that means is that any time a farmer grows and transports Miraa to Mombasa or any other place, he or she will be charged by police officers. The police officers have failed to look at the laws that apply in Kenya. They have decided to go to the East African Community (EAC) and get laws that they think can sustain a charge. The unfortunate bit is that those two were foreigners. We cannot make laws in this Parliament and they are not being respected by the persons who are supposed to implement them. The Judiciary must take judicial notice of the fact that Miraa is not illegal in Kenya, whether you are consuming, planting, transporting or treating it in any manner. I speak here as a representative of the people of Meru County, who have not less than 500,000 votes. Time has come for this country to decide what it wants to do with the people of Meru in as far as Miraa is concerned. I ask the agencies that implement the law to take note of the fact that Miraa is not a drug. They should leave our people alone because we feel very frustrated and persecuted by the implementers of the law. Thank you, Hon. Speaker."
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