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    "id": 209672,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/209672/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Ms. Karua",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Justice and Constitutional Affairs",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Martha Wangari Karua",
        "slug": "martha-karua"
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    "content": " Thank you, Mr. Chairman, Sir. I want to oppose this amendment. It clearly says that there should be no smoking in open places, except designated areas. So that, what will be, if it is this Parliament, then it will be upon Mr. Speaker to designate the smoking area. The parking may be an open space, but if my car is parked next to yours and you are smoking, then I become a passive smoker. Uhuru Park is an open place, but if I am sitting next to a smoker, I am being forced to smoke. Mr. Chairman, Sir, I am urging hon. Members to be sensitive to the feelings of the people. When the City Council of Nairobi promulgated by-laws stopping smoking in open places, people were delighted! Polls taken showed that people were delighted! So, what we are telling smokers is: \"Please, do not force us to smoke with you.\" We are just saying, let them go to the designated places, where they do not \"terrorize\" the rest of us, who are not smokers. I oppose the amendment. August 9, 2007 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 3127"
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