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    "id": 1073660,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1073660/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Limuru, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Peter Mwathi",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 104,
        "legal_name": "Peter Mungai Mwathi",
        "slug": "peter-mwathi"
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    "content": "THAT, clause 4 of the Bill be amended in the proposed new section 4 by deleting paragraph (a) and substituting therefor the following new paragraph— “(a) in respect of any narcotic drug or psychotropic substance— (i) where the person is in possession of between 1—100 grams, to a fine of not less than thirty million shillings or to imprisonment for a term of thirty years, or to both such fine and imprisonment; (ii) where the person is in possession of more than 100 grams, to a fine of not less than fifty million shilling or three times the market value of the narcotic drug or psychotropic substance, whichever is greater, or to imprisonment for a term of fifty years, or to both such fine and imprisonment.” The justification is that there was need to simplify for purposes of clarifying the categories of trafficking. The fines as alluded to by Hon. Passaris for traffickers were previously small in accordance to what they were dealing with. So, this time round we are making it quite punitive to be found with narcotics."
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