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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Karaba",
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        "legal_name": "Daniel Dickson Karaba",
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    "content": "That is okay. Five minutes is more than enough. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, thank you very much for giving me this chance to support this Motion. It has come at the right time when we need our children who are in schools to grow to adulthood and become productive agents of our economy. In the 1950s, consumption of alcohol was the preserve of elders. But, as the industrial revolution continued in our country, children and other young people started taking what the elders used to take. To me, that is an abuse. That is why we really need to address this issue and condemn our youths, particularly those who are under the age of 18, and who abuse drugs. In South East Asia and even Arab countries, beer is restricted to people of a certain age. We should also do that in Kenya. We should even revise the time when bars should be opened and closed. We should even think of how peer pressure is affecting our children in schools. That way, we can come up with peer counselling in every school. We should, therefore, train counsellors and post them to our secondary schools and universities. That way, children who attain the puberty age of 14 years will not experiment with drugs. They will be guided to understand the harmful effects of drug abuse. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the HIV/AIDS scourge has been attributed to drug abuse. If we allow those things to continue, we will have a grim future. We will have nobody to work in future. We need to have a healthy population growth. If we allow our children to consume drugs and alcohol at will, we will not achieve any industrial development. I, therefore, recommend that, instead of going round the point, this problem should be handled by the relevant Ministry. I think either the Ministry of Health or that in charge of the youth should be given that mandate. The Office of the President may not have the knowledge and mechanism to enforce this Bill. We need to increase the number of rehabilitation centres to offer guiding and counselling to young drug addicts. With those few remarks, I beg to support."
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