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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, many Senators have voiced their concern regarding this particular Motion. I concur with them that this is something that should be acted upon. When I was a young boy, there was an old mzee in my village that I respected a lot, but when I saw him, at that tender age, struggling and doing so many funny things, I resolved that I would never taste beer. I have not done that to date. We have an idle population which has been created due to the fact that the village polytechnics that used to be there are not longer functional. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we are talking about county governments right now. Some of them have presented budgets that show a lot of lavishness. It is important that the funds that have been set aside for the construction of mansions for governors are used to build village polytechnics that will take care of this idle population. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we also have parents who play a very big role in encouraging their children to take alcohol. There are some who encourage their children to take a sip or taste whatever they are taking. By so doing, they end up destroying the lives of those children. I believe that parenthood is supposed to be taken seriously now, so that such acts are limited to the bare minimum. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I will be brief because Sen. Murkomen also wants to contribute. I do not want to appear like I am criticizing our churches, but it appears like the main purpose of most of them is to make money. I believe that they are the ones that most parents, because of their busy lives, entrust with the spiritual nourishment of the young minds. So, it is important for them to ensure that they have very strong programmes that will help our children not to get involved in the consumption of alcohol and drug abuse. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we also have the National Agency for Campaign against Alcohol and Drug Abuse (NACADA) which has been doing very good work. But the fact that it has existed for very long and instead of seeing a reduction in the consumption of these substances, it has been increasing, it means that NACADA is supposed to also change its tact, so that it can become more effective. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, as I finish, I want to request the people who are involved in the production of illicit brews and those who bring drugs into our country that it does not matter how much they make from these acts and business, but the money that they make is not blessed. We are working very hard to ensure that the coming generations benefit from our hard work. Unfortunately, the wealth from the illicit trade cannot be passed over to the next generations. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, with those few remarks, I would urge my constituents that their Senator is against consumption of these illicit brews and drugs in Nakuru County. They should stop it so that we can build a very strong county. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to support."
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