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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Wetangula",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Timothy Wanyonyi Wetangula",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity. I also wish to support this Motion. I would like to say I represent a constituency where I have seen the hard reality of alcohol abuse. I have seen young people whom I will call a generation that we are losing because of alcohol abuse. Because of poverty, people think that alcohol is business and some of this illicit brew rules informal settlement, where it is the order of the day. It is recreation for anyone and you find people drink 24/7. Unless this thing is managed properly and controlled, we are losing a generation of young people to alcohol. You find girls as young as ten and 12 years with kids. You find old men---It is such a sorry state. I believe that this Motion--- We look at the functions of NACADA. They should move and educate the public on the use of alcohol and how we can really deal with issues of alcohol; some speakers have mentioned setting up rehabilitation centers in areas where we have rampant cases. We have seen cases where people go blind or die because of this illicit brew. There are also unscrupulous people who are using chemicals and some other unknown substances to alter the chemical composition of alcohol for the sake of trying to make cash as quickly as possible. As leaders we must come up with something. Maybe this Motion can be raised to the level of legislation that can support the existing law and be able to bring about control of alcohol abuse and other substances in our country. Infection with HIV thrives because of people who just spend all their time drinking. When people have developed an addiction in this kind of situation, sometimes it becomes very difficult to control the addiction. Therefore, we must find ways and means of dealing with this situation because it is actually getting out of control. We also find that even our administrators like the chiefs are sometimes compromised. They are bribed by the people who brew this stuff and then they let them do whatever they want. Sometimes, it does not matter who is buying alcohol because even children as young as--- Even school going children buy this stuff. As parents, at times we also lose our own focus and send a small child to go and buy for you alcohol. It is not right because that is how we end up exposing them to drinking at an early stage. This is because they will wonder “what is this father is drinking that I cannot take?” Sometimes we also keep the same stuff in the house carelessly. Therefore, I look at it as a holistic problem that we are having in our society. We must find solutions to it 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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