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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Muia",
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        "legal_name": "Regina Nthambi Muia",
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    "content": "I am just looking at the number of the young people who are involved in alcohol. I am sure if proper research is done, we will get more than this. As we discuss and debate alcohol abuse, I would request parents--- On several occasions, we have seen parents going out on a drinking spree with very young kids. They go and drink and, sometimes, it is like a demonstration. It is going to become very difficult for such parents to turn round and tell their children: “Drinking is not good for you.” We must demonstrate that as parents. In some countries, parents are not allowed to go out with kids who are under 18 years. Here in Kenya, it is like we discuss and debate laws, but we are unable to implement them. As we continue, I think we must come up with a law. If any parent is found in a drinking place with kids who are underage, he or she should be arrested and charged in a court of law. I want to point out something about NACADA. For the last one year, I have not seen or witnessed the NACADA group doing anything. Remember that last year there were several deaths resulting from poisonous alcoholic drinks. Nothing has been done. You only see them making statements in the media and it stops there. One of the Members talked about some of the posters that are put up to advertise alcohol. Surely, when are we going to see a poster written by NACADA saying that any distributor or bar owner selling alcohol to persons under 18 years will be arrested and put in, including the students? We cannot keep on shouting and those people will never implement anything. We want to see NACADA working. We want to see action. We want to see them working as they said they would do. With those few words, thank you very much, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. 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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