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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mukurweini, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Anthony Kiai",
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        "legal_name": "Anthony Githiaka Kiai",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I stand to support the Bill as presented by the Chairperson, Hon. Koinange. From the outset, I support the Bill. Clause 4 of the Bill talks about categorising the rummage and the amount of drug which is also made to correspond with the penalty. In fact, what it basically captures is that it has enhanced the penalties unlike in the previous Act. It also ropes in the manufacturers and transporters. Transporters are the biggest problem because that is how the drug network is created. There is still a drug called bennies in South America that penetrates America and Europe because of this transport network that has tentacles all over the globe. Where there is high drug usage, the level of crime is also very high. So, there is a direct linkage between the levels of crime and the levels of drug usage in any particular place. The Bill also talks about how we can punish those people who supply drugs from outside Kenya and vice versa. You will appreciate that drug sellers are not necessarily the consumers. In fact, it is a known fact worldwide that those who manufacture drugs rarely use them. The problem of drug usage is not going to be addressed if we are not going to address the issue of those who consume the drugs. Those who consume drugs, by and large, are the hoi pollois of this world. The nature of the drugs is, the harder it is the more addictive it is. Therefore, we have a cul-de-sac whereby those who consume are unable to get out of it. It is this addiction that makes the drug trade to thrive. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, the current pressure of modern living coupled with the high levels of unemployment and the young people forms a very dangerous concoction where some of these young people find themselves getting into drug usage. This is happening in our 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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