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    "id": 441112,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/441112/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wetangula",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Minority Leader",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 210,
        "legal_name": "Moses Masika Wetangula",
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    "content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, I will consult widely before I bring it. I will consult everybody including him and I can tell you he did not consult me. Not that he had to but he did not. Mr. Speaker, Sir, Clause 34 purports to amend Section 47 so as to outlaw giving away free alcoholic drinks in promotions. How can we do such a thing? How can we pass such a law? Marketing includes and is founded on promotions. What is the difference between Safaricom giving away free handsets when they are promoting their business and Kimbo giving away sachets of Kimbo to mamas in the villages or Royco giving sachets to mamas in the villages and breweries going for an organized and structured promotion and telling people “this is a new drink, test it and you may like better than Tusker” How can we ban such a thing? The next day, this Government will walk to breweries and saying “haujalipa ushuru.” How are they going to pay taxes to keep the economy running if we stifle their business? These are the things I am pointing out. The fact that I have not said “clause this or that” does not mean that they are not in the Bill. I have read it properly and thoroughly and you know I read well. Mr. Speaker, Sir, how can we, for example, say in Clause 31----"
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