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    "content": "amendment easing this requirement because it was bringing a lot of problems to business people. The amendment allows the committee to license those areas with certain conditions. If these conditions are observed, then the businessmen who had hitherto closed their businesses can resume. The idea in implementing this Act is not to punish anyone, but to make sure that everybody receives fairness. So, I am very pleased that this amendment is being proposed. I wish to ask the House to support it, so that we can take care of our youth in learning institutions and, at the same time, take care of the businessmen. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, of a major concern is the issue of advertisement, which has been alluded to by hon. Mututho. Advertisement of alcohol continues on our screens and radios every day. No matter what kind of law you pass in this House and leave the businessmen to continue misleading our youth through advertisement, we will not be going very far. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, only last night, one brewer was advertising his alcoholic beverages and he took advantage of the inauguration of his plant by the Rt. Hon. Prime Minister. He is using even the Prime Minister to advertise his product. I want to appeal to the Office of the Prime Minister here to intervene and make sure that, that brewer removes that advertisement immediately because it is misleading. It tends to show the youth of this country that the Prime Minister supports alcoholic beverages, which is completely wrong. I know the Prime Minister went to that factory to open the plant, but did not go there to promote drinking. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, finally, I want to say that we must now make sure that institutions, which are given the responsibility to implement this Act, take their work seriously. It is not being uniformly applied. Mr. Mututho has been on the Floor of this House to complain that the police and Provincial Administration, particularly the Ministry of State for Provincial Administration and Internal Security, is selectively implementing this Act. In some parts of the country, drinking is business as usual. People drink until the wee hours of every morning and no arrests are made. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we passed here the Traffic (Amendment) Act here the other day. When you go to Mombasa you will see people flout laws. It is as if there is no Traffic Act. Let us ensure that when we pass laws here, they are implemented to the letter. I do hope that the Alcoholic Beverages Act is going to be uniformly applied throughout the country so that people know that the people know that this Act is there to stay. We want to see change of attitude in our youth. I am so passionate about this matter. There is an amendment here which provides that nobody will be allowed to enter a drinking place with youth. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, in developed countries if you want to buy alcohol and your age is doubt, you must produce your identity card to prove that you are over 18 years. We want this law to be applied and people to be punished severely, if they sell or allow people under 18 to go into premises that sell alcohol. With those few remarks, I beg to support."
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