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    "id": 439849,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Lang’at",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 384,
        "legal_name": "Benjamin Kipkirui Langat",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, as I start to contribute to this Bill, I would like to send my condolences to the families which lost their loved ones in Embu some weeks ago. The challenge of alcoholism is becoming a national problem. I support this Bill so that we give more powers to NACADA to be able to move across the country and educate our youth on the effects of alcoholism. Our youth are spending many man-hours drinking. It is sad that some of these young men wake up very early when the police are still asleep so that they can have a drink. This is a serious national problem which needs to be addressed. I think NACADA has been doing some good work although it looks like in many occasions they are reactive. I want to encourage my good friend, hon. Mututho to be more proactive on this issue so that we do not appear to be reacting when there is a problem. We want to give him those powers so that he is able to execute his mandate, but we will also demand that he performs the job. With regard to the issue of duty remission which my good friend here is advocating for, I agree with him, but I do not think this is the right Bill to include issues of duty remission. Perhaps, he needs to consult so that we get the right place to put this clause. This is because the issues of taxes fall under another purview. If we want the Cabinet Secretary to give exemption on duty, let us do it in the right place. Having said so, let me say that I support the idea. The ideal situation in this country would be to ban consumption of all alcoholic drinks, but that is not possible The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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