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    "id": 1338502,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1338502/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mandera South, UDM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Abdul Haro",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to put my voice on this important Motion. I thank Hon. John Makali for this timely Motion on expansion of drug and substance abuse rehabilitation centres. I will particularly go to the prayer where the Member “prays that the House urges the Government to institute intensive programmes for the dissemination of the information on alcohol and substance abuse in line with Alcoholic Drinks Control Act, 2010, to increase the number of rehabilitation centres across the counties.” In addition to the prayer by the Member, I think two more additional issues can be added there. We can also urge the Government to train, particularly clerics in mosques and churches from regions like where I come from, to deal with this drug abuse menace because they stand a very good chance to fight this problem. It is also important to think about the stigmatisation of drug addicts. Once you set up the centres and you start rehabilitating drug addicts, most of the time, the drug addicts become stigmatised in the society. I think the question around sensitisation and how to deal with the question of stigmatisation of drug addicts is also very important. This drug menace is now a national problem. Even traditionally, areas like North Eastern which were regarded to have very little drug abuse are also joining the queue. It is becoming a problem even in North Eastern, particularly due to the fact that we are bordering two difficult neighbours - Somalia and Ethiopia. Because of these multiple entry points, many drugs that are not common to our country are now entering the North Eastern region through Somalia and Ethiopia. We have seen on the news the police intercepting large amounts of"
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