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    "id": 1056256,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1056256/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kilifi North, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Owen Baya",
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        "legal_name": "Owen Yaa Baya",
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    "content": "Unfortunately, like I have said, it is moving from the ocean and the beaches deeper into the interior. You will find somebody in the interior injecting him because he got drugs from these places. On the law on extradition, you see, these drugs have not been manufactured in this country. Heroin and cocaine is never a produce of Kenya. It is a produce of another country. People in this country have connections with other countries. That is how they are able to bring in drugs into this country. We need to enforce this law. If somebody is a supplier and the United States is looking for them, they should be taken to jail there. I would like to see a situation where we cut the chain of supply, and there will be no demand. People will look for other things to do. I have heard Members talk about bhang. You will still find bhang in this country but what are hurting this country are the hard drugs. This drug business is also funding politics. Countries where this business has been allowed to thrive, has had their political system messed up because hardcore drug criminals will vie for office because they have money, therefore, they will run Government and they will permeate every aspect of Government. Therefore, we are going to ruin a good country if we do not stop this trade. Before it gets to where big drug dealers are elected into the Chambers of Parliament and big offices..."
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