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"content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, it is shocking that the County Assembly of Kakamega has resuscitated all the by-laws that were done in 1948 when people were still mining gold in Rosterman, Lirembe, Malinya and Shiakungu. Those by-laws were done by the white man. They have brought a mobile county court. If the officers come and find a man who spits because of the stench of uncollected rubbish, he is arrested on the spot, charged and fined Kshs2,000. If the Governor of Kakamega wants the law on spitting to have force in Kakamega County, he better align it with the realities of the moment. The realities of the moment are far different from what they are doing. They are arresting our people because of smoking, not smoking bhang . The traders who pay him are the ones who sell to my people in Kakamega County. If a young man walks around with his girlfriend, smoking, the guy is arrested, charged on the spot and fined Kshs2,000. I am not against the health implications, but they should, first of all, create smoking zones. We want our people to know that if they smoke here, for example, they will be arrested. If they smoke there, they are free. They are harassing our people because the county assemblies are not working."
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