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    "id": 467922,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Haji",
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        "legal_name": "Yusuf Mohammed Haji",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, regarding the question raised by my worthy friend, Sen. Murungi as to whether miraa contains cathinone or not, I am neither a scientist nor a doctor. So, I am not able to answer. But the answer that was given to me is that it does contain it. Notwithstanding all those things, the taskforce that will be appointed will give people - both the growers and members of the public who feel the side effects of miraa - the opportunity to go and give their views when the time comes. Therefore, I will appeal that we should give the taskforce time to do its job. Mr. Speaker, Sir, as to the side effects of miraa, I do not know whether those who spoke did so from experience. Those who have that experience will appear before the taskforce and tell it what they know about miraa. Mr. Speaker, Sir, regarding the issue raised by Dr. Machage, I will not answer directly. I do not know whether he has chewed miraa before to be able to ask these questions. Again, I will urge that we give time to the taskforce to be able to answer those questions. Mr. Speaker, Sir, regarding Sen. Wako’s Bill of 1994, I feel rather intimidated when he says that one Member jumped from one corner to the other. I am sure that I will not fight with my brother, Sen. Murungi. Therefore, I think that I should be spared, because I have some experience also about these things. As the person answering the question, I do not want to mix my own experience and what the experts think about it. Let us wait until the taskforce comes into being. 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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