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    "id": 1056220,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kipipiri, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Amos Kimunya",
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        "legal_name": "Amos Muhinga Kimunya",
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    "content": " Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, thank you for this opportunity for me to support this Bill by the Committee on Administration and National Security and also to commend, at the very outset, the input by the Member of Parliament for Nyali, Hon. Mohamed Ali. Listening to him this afternoon, I could see the passion with which he has prosecuted this matter and I know for most of us who visit Mombasa and who have had a history with there - I went to school in Mombasa in Shimo La Tewa those days for my ‘A’ Levels - it has always been a problem. Whether you associate it with tourism or infiltration from outside, the issue of drugs has always been a problem at the Coast, but the rest of the country has not been insulated either. It is now spread across the entire country. If you look at what is happening in schools, and if you interact mostly with the National Administration, they always tell you there are new variants of drugs being sold in pharmacies under all manner of guises. Even earlier attempts have not borne fruits in terms of control. So, perhaps it then makes sense obviously, as the Committee has thought, to enhance all these penalties to make it not worth the risk of being found with this, whether it is found in your house, vehicle, on you or as a user or a seller or as a trafficker. Hence, we commend these efforts and I say Hon. Ali, it is good to see you because when I see you over the weekend in other rallies, you do not display the same seriousness of wanting to The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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