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    "id": 1338544,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Dadaab, WDM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Farah Maalim",
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    "content": " Hon. Temporary Speaker, thank you. There is need for us to deal with the elephant in the room in terms of tackling the problem in this country. What will destroy this country in a big way is the fact that drug abuse permeates our society at a very young age. Right now, we have a situation where father, son and grandfather are drug addicts. You will encounter such situations in some parts of this country, including the Coast region counties. Lamu County has been very devastated. You wonder whether it is the Government's plan for all these people to become drug addicts and perish. I am not surprised when I look at western and central Kenya. Alcohol is such a powerful menace in the central region counties. The same way they talk about cartels in the coffee and tea sectors, they will very soon say that cartels are in the alcohol and illicit drugs industry. This country has to be saved. We will not establish additional rehabilitation centres. Why are you dealing with the consequences of something? Why not go to the vector itself? I come from a family where there are a number of medical officers. One of them asked me at one time why we treat Malaria. He told me that we should get rid of all the mosquitoes. Why do we have to treat drug abuse? Let us get rid of the drugs by getting rid of the people who trade in drugs in the best possible way. Let us have a law that prescribes death penalty. A very senior person from one of the African countries went to China and pleaded for his child to be released, but he was executed. You cannot allow the future generations to be destroyed. The drug lords and drug traders in this country are destroying the future generations. Let us not look for rehabilitation centres, and how to treat and deal with drug and substance abuse. Let us get rid of everybody who is involved in drug and substance abuse from whichever border of this country that these things come in. I was told that there are too many big farms of cannabis sativa in Somalia. Most of The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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