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"content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I rise to support this Bill. I believe that the Senate Majority Leader must have come up with this Bill after seeing the frustrations that many Kenyans are going through, simply because of the many brews that are locally brewed or from other countries, which have made many of our youth desperate. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I appreciate the fact that each and every citizen of this country is from a particular society. In fact, I respect the fact that each community must have some ways of socializing, including ceremonies. For example, in my culture, the person whose son is being circumscised would make sure that his agemates join him for the ceremony. Good alcohol is brewed and they celebrate together but that is no longer the norm. Maybe our laws have been tightened or life is so expensive that the local brew is no longer produced they way it used to be. Maybe that is why we now have other brews which are ruining our youth and men. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, as I support this Bill, I am also touched that many of the laws which we come up with really go to strengthen corruption in some sections of the Government, particularly the police force. In fact, the more we come up with strict laws, the more the police officers celebrate, because they know that such laws will enable them make more money. The introduction of alco-blow is a good example. If you ask the police department, they will you tell you that it is one of their best stations, because they are making a lot of money. The same applies to the traffic department. Whenever they carry out a crackdown on unroadworthy vehicles, they take advantage of that to harass the ordinary Kenyans. Therefore, we need to review the issue of the alco-blow and if possible, do away with it. This is because many Kenyans are suffering. I know quite a number of very good bars and restaurants, especially in the suburbs which are no longer doing business, because the alco-blow roadblocks are mounted just on their doorsteps. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I do believe that each and every county has some good raw materials to make local brews which can be controlled and certified by even the Kenya Bureau of Standards. We should think of manufacturing a local brew which can be accessed by the ordinary Kenyans without abusing it. Our fathers used to enjoy muratina, mutukuru and other forms of local brew. The Mover of the Bill also needs to think of the minimum age at which our youth can The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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