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    "id": 1284277,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Prof.) Kamar",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Margaret Jepkoech Kamar",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for giving me an opportunity to contribute to this Motion by Sen. Mumma. Mr. Speaker, Sir, when I read this Motion, I had to ask Sen. Mumma what she means by e-cigarettes because things are evolving so fast that some of us are not even catching up with what they are. I want to start by agreeing with Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale, beyond the recommendations that we are being given, we should be going towards a Bill. I want to encourage Sen. Mumma to quickly move towards developing a Bill, the reason being that the two recommendations she has given, are actually recommendations that bring in regulations and control. Mr. Speaker, Sir, this is extremely important at this time and the only way we can control this is to have them in a Bill, so that we have a law that governs our conduct as far as these e-cigarettes are concerned. We are in a generation that is very disturbing; a generation where we are losing many of our children. When I was in the 10th Parliament with you Mr. Speaker, I remember the Member of Parliament (MP) for Naivasha, bringing a plea on the issue of drugs and drinking. At that time, Naivasha was leading and Limuru was almost on the death bed. We have lost youths to all sorts of drugs in the form of cigarettes that we are talking about, drinking and so forth. At the time, all of us were waking up to the reality that it was not just those two constituencies he mentioned but actually, at the backyard of each one of us, we could see children who have completely lost direction because of this. The current laws in the country are not able to sort out the mess that we are in as far as e-cigarettes are concerned. Mr. Speaker, Sir, in fact, Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale was talking about children of single parents. We even know of children of pastors who have been raised in homes where you would have thought they would never have been involved in these things. They are involved and are completely out. They are the Shisha-smoking children of pastors. We know that the devil has arrived and is at large and we cannot run away from it. It is very important now that we regulate whoever is bringing it, what they are bringing, and the content of what is being sold. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard Services,Senate."
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