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    "id": 113087,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Kabando wa Kabando",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 31,
        "legal_name": "Kabando wa Kabando",
        "slug": "kabando-kabando"
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Kazi kwa Vijana Programme clearly showed the dangers of alcohol consumption in many areas. My Ministry has records that the impact economic-wise was not very visible. This is because many youth were given money. I want to thank the Members of Parliament, Provincial Administration and Government officers who took time to advise the youth groups that were given these temporary contracts to invest. But where they were not counselled and given any capacity, they put all their earnings into alcohol. In fact, the payment day of coffee or tea farmers and those engaged in Kazi kwa Vijana programmes in many areas is evidenced by the occupation in the evenings in the local pubs and the number of youth lying on the roadsides or even in the middle of the road and the domestic fights and violence because of overconsumption of alcohol. But there is a big question beyond that – the responsibility towards a new Constitution. Even beyond the Alcoholic Drinks Control Bill, there is the question of our responsibility as a nation. Even with the laws we have, what are we doing, for example, in cases where a chief is caught being bribed by people who are selling illicit beer? What do we do to the politicians adversely mentioned for giving the youth not just beer but even bhang and other intoxicating materials? There is a question of the moral law which cannot be legislated by this House. Even with the laws we have in this country, there is impunity from the highest level, where everytime we indicate that somebody is liable for public office and abrogating the Public Officer Ethics Act, we shamelessly rush forward to protect an individual because he is from our village or ethnic group. This is the biggest shame that I have seen in this House. I can boldly say that the acts that we show in the House contribute largely to the impunity of the commercial enterprises which continue to manufacture, produce, distribute and sell alcohol."
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