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"content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to also make my remarks in support of this Bill. On the outset, let us try to think why today there are so many people abusing alcohol unlike 20 to 30 years ago. It is unfortunate because as I talk today – that is why we have the control – alcoholic drinks are no longer consumed on particular occasions. Today, young people specifically of my age take drinking alcohol as a profession; they are drinking in the morning, at lunch time, in the evening and very early in the morning, the next day they wake up very early to resume alcohol consumption. There are various reasons why this is happening and I think all of us are aware. In so far as we are going to put the law in place to ensure that we control consumption of alcohol, there are some things that must be made very clear. One of them is the issue of youth unemployment. Today, a number of young people are not working anywhere. It all again falls on us because at the end of the day, the lives of the youth are a reflection of the leaders that are here today. It is my humble request that we should put these controls in place and ensure that we try as much as possible to create opportunities for the young people. Banning of alcohol may not be a solution at all. In fact, if you banned alcohol consumption today, you will be encouraging its consumption. Those who have been drinking once a week, for example, will start drinking twice because they will be looking for more and more in anticipation of the law banning its consumption. Consumption of alcohol has adverse effects and I do not want to mention all of them, but one is to do with its effects on the economy of this country. A number of those who are consuming a lot of alcohol are the young people and yet they are the same people who are supposed to work for this country, change this country and to make sure that we develop from one level to the other. We have a number of issues to be addressed in this country including insecurity. But if the job of these young people is just to drink alcohol, they will lose every good opportunity. All efforts are made towards getting money to buy alcohol. This will cause insecurity because they will rob people in order to get little money to buy alcohol. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, today in some parts of the country, our young ladies are no longer comfortable. They are now trying to move from one place to another to look for men to ensure that their lives move on. This is because men are no longer performing their core functions as provided for in the Bible to ensure that there is procreation and there is life. They cannot do it today because they are always drunk. The only thing they remember in the evening is to go and look for something small to buy alcohol. When they are drunk, they sleep until the following morning. I strongly believe in social change. Unless there is change at the individual level--- 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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