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    "id": 450200,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Abdirahman",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Abdirahman Ali Hassan",
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    "content": "Thank you Mr. Speaker, Sir. I actually stand to oppose this Bill. I oppose for a number of reasons. In as much as the originator of this Bill called it the Alcoholic Drinks Control (Amendment) Bill, if I was the originator, I would have called it the Alcohol Ban Bill. I want to also tell my brother, Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale, that there are many things to thank him for including spiritual guidance and we will discuss them. This is a country of faith, a country that does not have to entirely rely on alcohol proceeds to make it grow. Mr. Speaker, Sir, in recent times, we have witnessed serious loss of lives to the tune of hundreds. The recent ones amongst them were reported in central and parts of eastern Kenya. In fact – in my own thinking – why people turn to the alcoholic drinks that are laced with poisonous substances is mainly because even the alcohol that is brewed or said to be brewed in factories becomes an encouragement to engage in partaking illegal alcoholic drinks. It does not act as a deterrent to stop people from taking alcohol. People only talk about taking alcohol in excess as being a bad thing but in my own thinking, even in a small way, it is an intoxicant. I do not want to be mistaken just because I am talking about alcohol, but this also includes miraa which is an intoxicant. Those who advocate for the chewing of miraa do not honestly come out and tell us the harmful effects."
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