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    "id": 530736,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Njuki",
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        "legal_name": "Onesmus Muthomi Njuki",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Deputy Speaker, for this opportunity to contribute to this Motion. I would like, first and foremost, to thank hon. Kigo Njenga for bringing this Motion. I do not want to say alcohol is bad. However, it is one of the causes of misery in this country when its consumption is not controlled, especially when it gets in the wrong hands. This Motion is about control to ensure that the quality that is intended by the producer or manufacturer gets to the people who partake of alcohol and that alcohol does not end up with the wrong age and also into hands of people who make counterfeits, thereby diluting the intended quality. A long time ago, alcohol consumption was restricted to bars. People who wanted to take a drink used to go to the bar, get a drink finish with it and leave the container there.Then came the change in lifestyle and there was this thing about take-away where people no longer want to take drink in bars. They want to take it away to their houses or take it as they travel. The marketers and manufacturers realized that they can make more money by ensuring that they cater for that segment of the market that was giving them more than those who sit in the bars. That was how the problem of letting bottles lie all over came in. You cannot tell the quality of beer or alcohol by looking at the bottle. It is only by consumption. Therefore, a fake and illicit drink that is packed in a world class can, or 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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