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    "id": 1111057,
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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": "1. Provision of information on the progress made by the National Authority for the Campaign against Alcohol and Drug Abuse (NACADA) with regard to alcohol and drug abuse in the country. 2. The amount of funds that have been allocated to NACADA for the last 20 years of its existence, and how it has been utilised particularly on treatment and rehabilitation of alcohol and drug abuse victims. 3. How many people affected by alcohol and drug abuse NACADA has helped to access treatment and rehabilitation centres. 4. Clarification on whether NACADA has the power to establish a treatment and rehabilitation centre to be run by a multidisciplinary expert team. Hon. Speaker, NACADA is established under the National Authority for the Campaign against Alcohol and Drug Abuse Act No.14 of 2012. However, even before this, the Authority had been in existence under the legal framework as follows: Between the years 2002 to 2007, NACADA operated as a department within the Office of the President. During this period, its operation and budgetary mandate were under the direction of the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry. In 2007, NACADA was incorporated as a State Corporation under the State Corporation Act vide Legal Notice No.140 of 2007. Under this legal instrument, the Authority’s mandate in regard to treatment and rehabilitation was mainly advisory. In 2010, the Alcohol and Drinks Control Act No.4 of 2010 was enacted, establishing an overarching legal framework that provided for a multi-agency arrangement for the control of alcoholic drinks in the country. Various regulatory, administrative as well enforcement roles were assigned to several State agencies. The NACADA was designated thereby as the relevant agency. Its mandate with regard to treatment and rehabilitation still remained largely providing advice to the Cabinet Secretary in matters of treatment and rehabilitation. In 2012, the NACADA Act was enacted that reconfigured the mandate and legal competence of NACADA. It is under the NACADA Act 2012 that the Authority gained an express mandate to undertake various programmatic functions towards the campaign against alcohol and drug abuse. Under the law, with respect to treatment and rehabilitation, the Authority has the following mandate. i. Under Section 5(e), provide and facilitate the development and operation of rehabilitation facilities, programmes and standards for persons suffering from substance use disorder. ii. Under Section 5(f), subject to any other written law, license and regulate the operations of rehabilitation facilities for persons suffering from substance use disorders. iii. NACADA has the obligation under the provisions of Section 5(j) of the NACADA Act 2012, in collaboration with other lead agencies to prepare, publish and submit an alcohol and drug abuse control status report bi-annually to both Houses of Parliament through the Cabinet Secretary. In the discharge of this obligation, the Authority has over the years submitted various reports to this House to date. Annexure A, contains a compendium of bi-annual reports from 2012 to date, which I have here, and which is part of the annexure that I will table. The Authority acquired an express functional mandate on treatment and rehabilitation in the year 2012. Since then, NACADA has spent resources on various facilities and programmes targeted at treatment, rehabilitation and substance use disorders as outlined below. 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."
}