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    "id": 1056236,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1056236/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Suba North, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Odhiambo-Mabona",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 376,
        "legal_name": "Millie Grace Akoth Odhiambo Mabona",
        "slug": "millie-odhiambo-mabona"
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    "content": "I was hoping the Committee would look at one thing and also declare my ignorance on issues of drugs. This is because I can see they are talking about 1.01 grams. I do not know whether this or 50 grams are large enough for consumption or sale. If they are large enough for consumption then you need to separate the definition of a person in possession and a person who traffics. This is under Clause 4. This is because you will find yourselves in a similar situation if you define a person in possession and a person who traffics together. You can find a person is in possession not to sell but to consume. I am glad this law tries to punish those who consume but is a little bit gentler. This is because the real culprits are those who sell and traffic. If you look at Clause 6, it talks about a person who smokes, inhales, sniffs or uses drugs. Or a person found in a house or room where people are doing the same. I hope Hon. Kaluma is listening. I think they should give stiffer penalties to an owner of a house who permits the use of their premises knowingly for the use or supply. Not unless the owner is not a user. This is because when you are an owner, non-user and you willingly allow people to use your house, you need to be punished more severely. Here is a complex situation which I do not know how they will deal with. There are people who are born addicted. Not through their fault but because their parents took drugs when they were pregnant. So, you are born when you are already addicted. Why would you punish such a person? Or, in a situation where a child has been nurtured from one year by a parent who takes drugs, why would you punish such a person? So, there must be some mitigating circumstances which should be provided, and not discretionary by magistrates but…"
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