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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Midiwo",
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        "legal_name": "Washington Jakoyo Midiwo",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to be very brief. I rise to support the amendment brought by Mr. Kapondi. I want to say that I have been talking to Mr. Kapondi and Mr. Mututho so that they can sit together, marry and address the issues of the Alcohol Drinks Control Bill. I want to disagree with Mrs. Odhiambo-Mabona; how do you say that there is a school, the Holy Family Basilica and there is Inter-Continental Hotel that sells alcohol and you are asking the hotel to move. It cannot happen because there is a way of doing these things practically. Further, I realize that I am the one who was pushed so hard in the Traffic (Amendment) Act to put stiffer penalties on drunk driving. So, I know the effects of alcohol. At some point, this Parliament will have to act sane and realize that the problems of alcoholism are different from county to county and that this issue would have to be dealt with by individual counties. There is no way a country can talk about a 24 hour economy and tell people that you can only drink from such a time to such a time. These contradictions do not match with our Vision 2030 expectations. So, it is good to be sober and I want to plead with Mr. Kapondi and Mr. Mututho to bring the “Mututho Bill” and we marry the two so that we can deal with them in the same manner as we did with my amendment to the Traffic Act alongside those of the Minister because there may be some clauses in this Bill that offend Mututho and others and vice-versa, so that we can all move together."
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