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    "id": 113092,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Chanzu",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 11,
        "legal_name": "Yusuf Kifuma Chanzu",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I also want to support the Alcoholic Drinks Control Bill, 2009. This Bill is long overdue. The main objective and purpose of the Bill is to provide the legal framework to control the production, sale and consumption of alcoholic drinks to protect the health of individuals. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, maybe because the Mover is here, the Bill should not only be about the control of production; it should also be for the control and regulation as well. It should also not be just about the individual; as we know, excessive consumption of alcoholic drinks also affect families and, in a large way, communities and the country at large. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, you know very well that uncontrolled, or unregulated, drinking generally lowers productivity. So, it is very important that the Mover, as we go along, will take into account all these wider dimensions, and not just the individual. We know very well that we have had laws in this country to regulate licensing and consumption of alcohol, but I think the problem we have had in most of the cases is corruption. I think as we go along addressing issues that have let this country down, if we can deal with corruption, whatever laws we put in place, and if we are not able to change the culture of even the Provincial Administration --- In my place, the sale of chang’aa is done in the eyes of the Provincial Administration. You will find in every homestead nearby, there is selling of chang’aa and the Provincial Administration in the form of chiefs, assistant chiefs and the village elders, whom we call Magutu are aware. So, as we go along, I think we need to engage in a lot of reforms in all these sectors in order for these very good laws that we are putting in place to work. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I do not think the production of these drinks should only be limited to chang’aa ; as the previous speaker said, the advertisements we get, let us say, by Kenya Breweries Limited (KBL), I think, carry us away, as a nation. The kind of statements that they give us when they talk about the profits they have made mislead us. We are talking about Kenya Breweries competing with Safaricom. If you look at the way these companies operate, whatever they give back is minimal. So, you will find that this excessive consumption of alcohol happens due to adverts. We used to see written on some of the bars “ Baada ya kazi. ” Baada ya kazi takes you up to when? If you leave work at 5 o’clock and then you drink the whole night, you know that is"
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