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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Kioni",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Jeremiah Ngayu Kioni",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to support this Bill and thank Ms. Amina Abdalla for this Bill. As Maj. Sugow has said, it is overdue. Towards the end of last year, some 19 young people died in the neighborhood of my constituency because of having consumed some illicit brews. When we were going through the burial ceremony, we were informed and even charge sheets were read to us. To date, I do not think anything has happened. Things have gone back to where they were; the consumption is as it were, if it has not increased. Talking to NACADA, they really have very little they can do beyond liaising with individuals who are not giving them the support that they need. This Bill creates an authority and gives them an avenue and the necessary legal support to ensure that follow-up of such cases and even the people who distributed the brews. The manufacturer located within somewhere in Kinangop closed for one week but after that, he is back in full business. It is just a matter of time before we go and bury another heap of people. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the other thing which I think is crucial and why it is important that this Bill is supported by Members of Parliament is, at my request a survey was done within Ndaragwa Constituency and all the bars, without exception have all violated the so-called Mututho Laws. None of the bars is outside 300 meters of a school. They are still operating. That record is with the Ministry but we need an authority that can follow up these issues so that we can achieve it. The issue of people making money from alcohol and making money at the expense of others being alive is something that is real. Businessmen will continue making money. I want to thank Ms. Abdalla for this. I support this Bill and ask Members of Parliament to do the necessary amendments during the Third Reading so that we can make it stronger."
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