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"content": "The impact of alcohol consumption in Central Province â which is a coffee growing area - is that we lose productive labour. When the youth between 19 to 35 years are not able to be productive in their farms--- There are no people to pick coffee or tea. That is why you find the Mungiki taking the softer option of soliciting for funds from other sources. I think that is where we have a problem. We foresaw that problem. The youth take a lot of alcohol, particularly over the weekends. They over-binge. They have no control over their minds and they can easily be tempted to engage in unprotected sex. Of course, that will lead to HIV and other STIs. I think that is not good for this country. So, this Bill is good because once it is enacted, it will enhance the family unit. It will reduce roads accidents. It will ensure that access is controlled. It will also ensure that the kind of beer or alcohol accessible to our people is safe; it meets health standards and it is regulated. We had a chance to call the industry players and they are not opposed to this Bill. They are supporting it on the basis that a fair playing field be established. I think this Bill has all those intentions. We want to have alcohol players who are licenced, who can follow time and who can pay Government revenues when they are due. That way, we will know that if it is Muratina, it is brewed at a specific time. It will not be brewed in the back streets or riversides. It is produced, stored and marketed openly."
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