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    "id": 441117,
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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, trust the distinguished Senator for Meru to bring commic relief to the Floor of the House. If there was anything that could have been brought to deal with this Act that he is purporting to amend, is even to abolish the Alcoholic Drinks Control Fund. We do not have to burden Kenyans anymore than we have already burdened them. We were told here that alcoholism is a disease, so let it be dealt with through medical channels. Mr. Speaker, Sir, if you read this, it is like saying that when you go to court with an offence and you are fined, that money remains the money of the judiciary. It is like saying that if you go the Ministry of Lands and you appear before a tribunal and you are penalized, that money belongs to the department of lands. You cannot run a country like that. That is why Parliament passes the Budget. That is why it is important that if it is NACADA, they should submit their budget, it would be looked at by the National Assembly and be given money to run the outfit. You cannot say that you are going to license drinkers and those who run pubs and those who distribute alcohol, then that money goes into a fund called the Alcohol Drinks Control Fund. We are completely losing the picture and we are completely losing the national fabric. Even the idea being floated that we are going to have authorities, some at the county, some at the national level, this does not add up. Devolved functions include regulation of consumption of alcohol. While it is a national problem, I would want us to understand that Wajir where my distinguished deputy comes from does not have a drinking problem. So, we cannot come here and purport to pass a law and say that it is going to uniformly cover the country. Garissa does not have a drinking problem. Murang’a has a serious drinking problem; Narok has a serious drinking problem near Mai Mahiu where people drink and get blind. In my county, people drink busaa and there nobody who has ever lost sight for drinking busaa . So, let us go to the issue."
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