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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Capt. Nakitare",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Davis Wafula Nakitare",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, first of all, this Bill - it is not a campaign - has to be relevant to what is happening. Dealing with drug barons calls for punitive punishment. Punitive punishment in other countries is a death sentence. Spare the rod and spoil the children! Having a soft law in this country will invite drug barons. We are talking about rich people who peddle those drugs. We cannot talk about our youth. We have to talk about the sources of those drugs. Why should Kenya be a transit country for drugs? What is that drug movement all about? The late President Kenyatta banned the hippies from coming into this country after he discovered that they were having intravenous cocaine treatments in hotels. He said that he did not want any hippies . The symptoms of drug abuse are similar to those of the Parkinson's disease. The hands of a child of 14 years shake so much that he or she cannot hold a glass. This is not an area where we can prescribe cosmetic changes. Why do other countries have such punitive punishments as cutting of hands of people who are habitual drug criminals? So, we must strengthen this Bill that seeks to introduce a Drug and Substance Abuse Control Authority. Those punitive measures will deter drug barons from using Kenya as a platform and conduit of drugs. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we cannot talk about rehabilitation centres. I have lived in California where there are homeless people who sleep in verandas because they cannot handle themselves. They cannot even handle employment. So, when we talk about the establishment of rehabilitation centres, that is just a cosmetic measure. Let us go back to the age limits. A child under 18 years must not be allowed to drink and smoke. Those are areas where we can say: \"Yes, this is a preventive measure\". We cannot build a hospital to rehabilitate a person who is addicted and suffering from Parkinson's disease. With those few remarks, I very greatly support this Bill by Ms. Abdalla."
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