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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Iringo",
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        "legal_name": "Cyprian Kubai Iringo",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to support this Bill and congratulate hon. Ichung’wah for the bold move he has taken to bring this Bill to this House. First, I support the amendment that alcohol has become a national disaster. We get several deaths and officers are sacked but nothing happens after that. Those aggrieved are left with their families to suffer the consequences. There are no follow-ups done. I support that this should be taken as a national disaster. Rehabilitation centres should be opened within our counties so that we can rehabilitate those who have been addicted and their conditions are almost irreversible. The cost of rehabilitation should be made affordable. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I have a case in my constituency where a family is toiling to get their son to a rehabilitation centre because of alcohol. The charges at the rehabilitation centres in Nairobi are very exorbitant and people cannot afford them. The boy is still languishing down there at his home and the parents have nothing to do. These alcoholic drinks which we are talking about pass through the hands of the Government and the Kenya Bureau of Standards. I take exception with them because these drinks which kill our people have their labels. If you go to muratina or busaa and whatever we take down in our villages, we have not heard people dying out of them. Therefore, even those officers are sacked irrationally because people have died, what can they do if a bottle is labeled and has got the KEBS label? The chief does not know which label is genuine and which one is not. We should start with the brewing points. Those people who had brewed the drink that was sold in Makueni, Meru, Embu or any other part of the country should have been arrested. Therefore, I do not support the 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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