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    "id": 439909,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Njuguna",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Humphrey Kimani Njuguna",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, first of all, I want to thank hon. Members on behalf of the family of the late hon. Joseph Ngugi for your support. On behalf of that family, I thank you very sincerely. Secondly, I would like to bring to the attention of hon. Members that hon. Ngugi was very committed to this subject of drug abuse and alcoholism. Indeed, he was running a rehabilitation centre at Garden Estate called Bridgestone Rehab Centre. He had a passion for this subject. On his behalf, I would like to say that I support this Bill. This Bill recognizes alcoholism as a disease and, indeed, it is a disease when you take into account the number of people dying out of alcoholism; the compromise of alcoholism in terms of the economic productivity of this nation; and the social and cultural values. Alcoholism kills more people, perhaps, more than road accidents. Recently, it killed 100 people. It is even worse than the Westgate killings where we lost 67 people. For me, it is a real problem and, particularly in Central Province. Excessive drinking in Central Province is a real problem and it should be declared a national disaster. It not only kills people, but we have people who are walking corpses; they are unproductive to their families, the nation and to themselves. 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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