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    "speaker_name": "[Mr. Bett]",
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    "content": "totally agree that we must have designated areas for smokers. That is in the assumption that air does not move and is static. Anyhow, that is what is happening the world over. We must also have that kind of situation. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, young people and children who have no choice in life and, worse still, the unborn suffer from tobacco effects. What am I saying? One of the substances in tobacco is lead. Lead is a killer. In this country, the Minister for Energy is going to spend Kshs14 billion to introduce unleaded fuel so that we do not suffer from lead poisoning. This is happening yet no penny is being spent to remove lead from cigarettes. What an irony! We are saying that cigarettes bring revenue to this country and, therefore, we cannot touch it. Yet, it gives our people lead which kills. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, you will remember a clergyman in Guyana South America, Rev. Jim Jones, who gave people cyanide to take as a tool for reaching heaven. They all died. One of the substances contained in tobacco is hydrogen cyanide. It kills instantly, yet we are still saying, \"Let us protect the industry and the traders\". Not long ago, people went blind at Mai Mahiu because they drank a brew containing ethanol. That substance is among the 400 harmful substances in tobacco. Yet, we are still saying protection should be given to this industry. We must protect our people from ill health and suffering."
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