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    "content": "That would help to reduce and control alcoholism. Alcoholism is a disease. As one honourable Senator said here, almost all families are affected by this. This is such a grave problem and all of us should put in some effort. This is not just the responsibility of the Government or National Authority for Campaign Against Alcohol and Drug Abuse (NACADA). It is our responsibility to see that this country does not go to the dogs. If all our young people get to a point where they cannot do anything, where will we be heading as a country? Mr. Speaker, Sir, as I commend Sen. (Prof.) Kindiki for this Motion, I think the problem mostly lies with implementation. We should, as a Senate, make sure that whatever we pass here gets implemented. We want to call for more money to be voted into this area. The Treasury should give more money and Parliament will allocate the funds so that we develop more rehabilitation centres. We do not have enough. In fact, they hardly exist. What is there is poorly managed because we do not have enough funds. We should treat this illness just as all other serious illnesses. We cannot even fight diseases like HIV/AIDS properly because when young people – they are the ones active in this area – get drunk to a point where they do not know what they are doing. This is a way of spreading the HIV/AIDS to young people. I support the Bill and commend the Mover and request that implementation takes place. We have a lot of good laws that lack proper implementation. I beg to support."
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