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    "id": 1414631,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1414631/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Luanda, DAP-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Dick Oyugi",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for granting me an opportunity to also add my voice to this important subject. As the former speakers have rightly noted, alcoholism has been a subject of great concern to us as a country and, more so, to the young generation. We are losing a whole generation. Looking at those reports and the way they are geared towards ensuring that those special funds are protected, there is concern about how county governments issue licences. Of great concern has been the haphazard way in which the licenses are issued in this country. There are illegal businesses that are taking place in this country, which are purported to have been licensed by county governments and yet they are not. I agree with the Report that has been tabled before the House. I agree that we need to bring sanity to how those funds are monitored, and even control the licensing of those businesses. Recently, there was a great calamity in Kirinyaga when licenses were purported to have been issued by the county government. Crazy businessmen and women ended up importing or distributing illicit drinks which were “licensed”, but were poisonous substances. Luanda, where I come from, is a constituency that is not so far from the border of Kenya and Uganda, and is quite porous. Illicit drinks and substances have always been sneaked into the country through the Uganda border. Those things have found themselves one way or the other in my constituency. As a result, we have lost a large number of young people who end up intoxicated by poisonous substances that are disguised as alcoholic drinks. I support the Report by the Committee that we need to re-look at how licenses are issued. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. 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"
}