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    "id": 371538,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/371538/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Iringo",
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        "legal_name": "Cyprian Kubai Iringo",
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    "content": "and I have never felt any effects as a result of that. That is in the domain of my people. When we look for votes and travel at night, we carry some in our pockets to give us energy to keep on moving during the campaign period. If miraa is categorized as a drug, I do not see why we should leave behind beer, tobacco and tambuu, which is taken by Asians and others. That is because miraa is milder than all those. There is nobody who chews miraa and get confused like those people who take beer and tobacco. We know tobacco users are vulnerable to lung diseases and even cancer. Hon. Deputy Speaker, miraa in Meru has been regarded as a sacred crop. In our culture, you cannot marry somebody’s daughter without taking miraa to her father’s homestead. Even if you are not from Meru--- My own daughter is married in Funyula. But I had to ask the young man to go and look for miraa so that I can accept him to marry my daughter. Once you bring miraa and you do not give out anything else, you will be given the girl. So, it is a sacred crop. If it is demonized in Kenya, then that means we are demonizing Merus and their culture."
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