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    "id": 254848,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr.Mwenje",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Co-operative Development and Marketing",
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        "legal_name": "David S. Kamau Mwenje",
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    "content": " Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I think your eyes are very good. The position of the President's Address is very clear. I want to say that this country will go on record as having destroyed cocaine which could have been sold and destroyed lives of many children in this country. The international community now knows that we do not deal in those drugs, but there are people who use Kenya as a transit zone. I hope this has taught the whole world that we do not need those kind of drugs and they are not used here. Those who use them in other countries should not use this country as a transit point. I am glad because I followed that issue and even saw where the drugs were kept, when I was the Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Administration, National Security and Local Authorities. I now believe that they were not sold or used locally. If there are any that were used elsewhere, then they were not from that particulary batch. The batch was destroyed in my presence and I thank the Court and the police for having done that. We have been talking about many issues like the one of Anglo Leasing. I feel that instead of the police having a new forensic laboratory, we should allow them to use the Government 322 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES April 4, 2006 Chemist Laboratory which is already there, to test drugs and whatever else they have, which can be tested in a normal laboratory. The Government Chemist is commonly used by the police, but it is not managed by the police. I would ask that, even if we will construct a new laboratory, we allow the police to use the laboratory that we currently have. Now that coffee prices are going up, I want to ask farmers to grow more coffee that can get good market. We have now acquired a market in China and other countries. The prices last week, at the auction, were very high. I think it is high time that coffee farmers started growing good coffee that can fetch good money. I will also appeal to the Government to start assisting farmers so that they can sell their coffee at good prices, like it is done in Costa Rica and other countries. I think it is time this country's economy improved. While some people are just talking, others should make the economy grow. I think that way, we would move on. I want to ask environmentalists, and the Ministry of Local Government, to get rid of the garbage site in Dandora, which is in my constituency. That has become the biggest nuisance in this city. The people who live in Dandora Phase II are really suffering because they have to live with the bad smell from the garbage, which is collected from Nairobi. I want to ask the environmentalists, and the Ministry of Local Government, to remove the garbage before I close the site, because it has become a nuisance. My people have died and I keep on appealing for help although no one is ready to come and assist. Although I am now in Government, it is important for the Ministry concerned to do the right thing. The people who live there complain that they are in trouble. It is high time we removed the garbage because it is creating havoc to the people of Embakasi, and in particular, Dandora. We also have squatters in my constituency. I have discussed about the issue with the Ministry of Lands for long. We do not have much time before we move on to next year. It is high time we tried to settle squatters in Nairobi. When we talk about squatters, everybody thinks of the Rift Valley. However, we also have many squatters in this city."
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