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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Kajuju",
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        "legal_name": "Florence Kajuju",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. Let me begin by thanking my colleague and MP for Gatundu North, hon. Njenga, for finding it fit to present this Motion to this House for debate. I believe that this is the right time for this House to address the issues that have been raised in this Motion by my brother, hon. Njenga. If we need to restore this country to its lost glory in as far as the youth and our men are concerned, then this is a Motion that not only addresses the root cause of the problem but also looks at the issues that can be sorted out, so that our youth can engage in economic activities. Looking at what has been expounded by the Mover--- He has talked of expected consumers’ rights. By ‘consumer’ I mean any person who partakes of any commodity that is supposed to be partaken. Every consumer has rights that are established and incorporated in the Constitution. Those rights must be respected by the persons who produce goods that are consumed by other persons. The goods that are supposed to be consumed must be of a reasonable quality. The consumers of the goods must have information that is necessary for making a decision as to what kind of goods they are consuming at any one particular moment. This then would give them the benefit to determine whether it is healthy or unhealthy or whether it is safe for them to partake. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, this Article 46 also refers to every public or private entity that produces any kind of drinks. Therefore, when any industrialist produces any type of commodity that is supposed to be consumed by a human being, they have to take care of it from the moment it is produced to the time when it is consumed. But then we have not seen legislation that has been able to respond to the issue of containers or bottles that have been used and disposed as far as alcohol is concerned. That is why this Motion seeks to ask the question: What do we do with many bottles that are being disposed of day in, day out in our country in every village, market, town and city that our youth and people are living in? Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, we encourage local investors and industries but every industry, as established by law, must have corporate responsibility. This responsibility does not stop at the point at which they put the goods in the market. We are saying that corporate responsibility must extend to the environment. It must extend to how the disposables by consumers are utilized. I have seen in most of the towns that The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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