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    "id": 1055113,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1055113/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kisumu East, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Shakeel Shabbir",
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    "content": "It is not cannabis that is the problem here, it is heroine. Our youths, especially in Mombasa, Kisumu, Nairobi and other places, have lost their livelihoods and their future to these drug lords. In Mexico, there was El Chapo, in Colombia there was somebody else. In Kenya, we have had the Akashas and others who have destroyed the future of our youth. The fact of the matter is that even if we increase the fine, these guys will get away with it. They have advocates and lawyers in the highest places and they get away with it. As much as I agree with the object of this Bill that we should increase fines, I think somewhere along the line, we have to act decisively to make sure that those people who are benefitting from heroine and other strong narcotics are pinned down and taken to task. Unfortunately, in this country, they get away with it. We do not want State capture like Colombia or Bolivia. We really wish that the special arm of police, the anti-narcotics, is paid well, looked after and we ensure that they take action. In as much as we are saying that everybody should be given a chance to protect themselves, some of these drug lords encourage murder and breaking away of society. In as much as we are talking about the fact that somebody could be charged millions of shillings, that will not happen. All that should happen is that the police force should be stern. Since there are billions of shillings involved, people get away. I urge this House to improve and increase the power of the Cabinet Secretary and others to attack the issue of narcotics."
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