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    "id": 381904,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/381904/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Murungi",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 93,
        "legal_name": "Kiraitu Murungi",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, this Statement was supposed to be given to this House two weeks ago and the ban on miraa only came yesterday. So, we do not understand why the Government does not seem to appreciate the urgency and importance of this matter. The entire miraa industry as my colleagues would know, is under threat, it is about to collapse and it is going to throw the entire Meru economy, the Meru people, the Somali community and other Kenyans into joblessness. There is going to be a lot of poverty and apathy among our people. As far as we are concerned, we do not know what the Government is researching weeks on end. The issue was for them to clarify whether miraa was legal or illegal. Indeed, there was a law which was passed by Parliament in 1994; the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic substances Act of 1994 which listed all the dangerous drugs. Miraa is not among those listed drugs. So, you do not need to research beyond that Act. The issue of legality or illegality of miraa should be closed. What we wanted was a statement confirming that, indeed, that is the position. So, we do not know why they want to take so much time. With regard to what happened yesterday, this ban of miraa by the United Kingdom (U.K), we would indulge the Government because this was new and it also affects us in a serious way, for another one week to study why the U.K, contrary to scientific and legal evidence has decided to ban miraa. We have a report from the U.K. Government, from the home office dated July 2011; Occasion Paper No.95---"
}