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    "id": 1340722,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1340722/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Busia County, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Catherine Omanyo",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I also want to add bells and whistles to this Motion by saying no to drugs, anytime. For us to have a healthy and productive society, we should not shy away from this matter. We are losing children. Personally, I have been affected through family members, cousins and friends I knew. They are becoming social misfits. People segregate and avoid such people. Neighbours can even make it worse by saying somebody’s child, husband or wife is just a mess. It makes the situation worse. We are not doing much as a nation. Our border points and sea areas like Malindi and Lamu are the places traffickers target to route themselves into a nation. Somebody only rises up when his or her family has been hit hard, maybe, a son or a daughter. We should keep reminding people how drugs can affect a family from morning to evening. We know very well that drugs are introduced to somebody. Even in primary and secondary schools, it should not just be taught as part of a unit for students to cram and pass exams. Teachers who handle such units should go deeper and let children know that they will get addicted if they are introduced to some of these drugs, even by just testing or trying. These traffickers have made sure they introduce drugs to young people to make them look cool. You will notice the English language of some of these children who use drugs is different. How they dress is different. They make it attractive. Many young people, because of peer influence, think that it is cool to use drugs. Let teachers go deeper and tell them that immediately they puff some of these drugs, it takes about seven years to come out of their brains. You start turning into a cabbage. Let teachers, we adults and everyone be responsible and tell them that these drugs make one turn into a cabbage. Who wants to look like a cabbage? We have made these drugs very much available. You can go to a pharmacy and find drugs that make you drunk the whole day. Why should we have such drugs on our chemist shelves? I had a lot to say, Hon. Temporary Speaker, but thank you."
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