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    "id": 209680,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Ochilo-Ayacko",
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        "legal_name": "Ochilo George Mbogo Ayacko",
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    "content": "Mr. Chairman, Sir, the intention here is captured, but you can see that they have enumerated several places where smoking should not take place. This is not exhaustive. The proposal by Mr. Kajwang improves it. But then, when the Assistant Minister says in the last part of the amendment \"---except in designated smoking places\", in this Bill, there is no clause which is enjoining any person to designate a place as a smoking place. In other words, we may have a situation where smoking is banned in all these areas, but nobody is forced to designate a smoking area. So, if the proposal by Mr. Kajwang' goes through, and is read together with the amendment I am going to move, then people will be enjoined to provide designated smoking places. In other words, you could be a smoker within Parliament Buildings, but since the law says you cannot smoke in a public place, and there is nobody who is compelled to provide for smokers within Parliament Buildings, you will have to run to the streets, or some other place, and smoke there. So, we have to balance these rights. We have to preclude people from smoking anyhow, and enjoin caretakers of public places to also provide for smokers, so that we have a balance in society."
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