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    "content": "Last month I lost 43 of my constituents. It is very painful because within a span of three days, I lost 43 of my constituents who were all in one village. First and once more, I want to send my condolences to those families. Two, I want to thank Members of Parliament from Embu County, religious leaders, the business community and more importantly the Government because of the contribution they made for the burial preparations. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, many people have been driven to taking these illicit drinks because of poverty and joblessness but that does not mean that we should allow people to take them. Two, we have people, even if you arrest them today because of distributing illicit drinks, the following day you will find them selling the same drinks. No matter how much we try to empower NACADA and the Kenya Bureau of Standards, you find them selling the same drinks. Therefore, we should come up with a system, whereby we impose punitive penalties such that once you are arrested selling illicit drinks you do not go back to that business. It is a pity that we have got people in this country who are protected. You find in a village that a certain seller is protected by the Commissioner or the Officer Commanding Police Division (OCPD), but we do not want to go into that. I saw a County Commissioner suspending Sub-county Commissioner and the Officer Commanding Station (OCS) but we do not want it to be a public relations exercise. We want this one to continue so that in future if one is arrested selling such illicit drinks, then action is taken against him or her. The Kenya Bureau of Standards is another area where we have problems. Those drinks which are sold have a label or tag that shows that they are fit for human consumption. What is happening with our KEBS? This is because you find that those drinks are labeled and they are sold in our bars and not only in the slums. Therefore, there must be something wrong with KEBS and I think it is high time that this House comes up with laws which are going to protect our people. Even we, Members of Parliament, who drink should be wary of them. Fortunately, I do not drink. You come across that drink in a bar, you take it and then you become a victim. Therefore, it is important to come up with laws which will protect our people. For NACADA I would suggest that---"
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