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    "id": 1015543,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Suba South, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. John Mbadi",
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        "legal_name": "John Mbadi Ng'ong'o",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. It is very difficult to contribute after Hon. Koros, but I just have the following comments to make. Hon. Speaker, probably we need to ask the Committee to go a step further and delve into the issues that we are raising today. My concern is that we are discussing something that this House has already pronounced itself on. This House had actually classified miraa as a crop through a Motion. We went ahead and to allocated money in this House to promote it. But now, when we are doubting miraa and calling it a drug, my concern is that this House has legislated to promote the production of a drug. So, if we have to change our decision as a House on miraa, then there should be a further report from this House to make a decision on. This is because probably majority of Members in the 12th Parliament are not in agreement with the Members who made a resolution then that miraa is a cash crop. Otherwise, I think we will be contradicting ourselves if we continue discussing whether miraa is a crop or drug and yet, we had already pronounced ourselves on the same. I do not know whether miraa is a crop or a drug but, what I know is that I cannot give it to my children. That one I cannot do. I cannot encourage my children to take it, but the decision had already been taken. By the way, it is not just Miraa that I do not take! I also do not take coffee and tea because I feel they are harmful to my life. So, it does not mean anything that I do not take is a drug. However, when I feel something is not right with my health, whether it is ugali, I stop taking it. There are too many people who do not take beef in this House since they think it will bring them cancer. I eat beef and it is not a drug. So, let us not classify anything that we feel is uncomfortable with us to be a drug, especially where we had already pronounced ourselves - like in the case of miraa. Thank you, Hon. Speaker."
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