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    "id": 179845,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Affey",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Mohammed Abdi Affey",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, thank you for giving me this opportunity to associate myself with this important Motion. I begin by thanking Ms. A. Abdalla for thinking about this important aspect of our lives. Many times we do not give enough attention to this issue. The issue of drugs, particularly the effect that it has on young people in this country, is devastating. I am surprised that in over 40 years since Independence we have never felt obliged to come up with an elaborate method of dealing with this issue. The Mover has, in a very elaborate way, informed us of the need for this authority to co-ordinate all the aspects of the drug abuse. There are many statutes and Ministries, but there is no authority that deals with the drug problem, yet it is the most serious challenge that we face in our time. If we do not move fast, it could consume us and, within no time, we might face challenges like the one we faced in the post- election crisis, if we are not facing it already. Drugs are a big business; it is undertaken by adults but the drugs mostly consumed by the young people. We want to make sure that Kenyan youths are saved from this menace. We should protect them by dealing with the culprits. The only way to do it is to harmonize what we have now. The Office of the President, the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Environment and Mineral Resources have, in one way or the other, dealt with this menace."
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