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    "id": 1284305,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1284305/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wambua",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Enoch Kiio Wambua",
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    "content": "Today, e-cigarettes have become the in-thing to many young people; that young people in social places want to be seen walking around with the e-sticks and doing their thing. Mr. Speaker, Sir, what Sen. Mumma has done in this Motion is to trigger the need to consider a real national dialogue on tobacco and substances abuse. We may not want to admit it, but the fact is that the country is losing an entire generation to drugs and substances abuse. We are all to blame for this because parents have become too busy. I am a parent and these days, majority of parents struggle to create time to parent or squeeze time for their families because they are busy doing other things, including attending to the Senate official business. The net effect is that our young people have been left to the mercies of the internet. The worst thing about our situation is that there are no regulations in this country to control access to e-cigarettes through the internet and so, they can purchase them through the internet. This country is bringing a regulation on the limitations on the maximum nicotine concentration of the e-cigarettes and there is no requirement to have warning on the product packaging. Smoking e-cigarettes in this country is permitted in public spaces, including in public transport. This is a lifestyle thing. It may look cool and trendy to our young people, but the leadership and the nation has a responsibility and duty of care to snatch our young people from the snare of e-cigarettes and substance abuse. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I join my colleagues in congratulating Sen. Mumma for coming up with this Motion and also ask her to propose the necessary amendments, so that we give the public an opportunity to participate in enacting the laws that are relevant to our situation and country at such a time."
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