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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Oyoo",
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        "legal_name": "James Onyango Oyoo",
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    "content": "Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to contribute on this very weighty matter. I want to say from the outset that two issues are in my mind. One, people are reasoning on this debate as if it is only a menace facing our brothers from Central Province. This is a menace that is facing the entire country. As leaders, we must stand tall because I know there is fear among us. The chang’aa brewers and consumers are our voters. As politicians, we are always cagey when it comes to dealing with issues that affect our voters. We must stand stall and help His Excellency the President to ensure that this thing is executed and that members of the Government who are condoning illicit beer brewing and distribution in their jurisdiction must be brought to book. This problem is only coming out as a Central Province affair because this illicit brew consumption is taking place there and we are trying to wipe it out. The distributors who are economically benefiting from the illicit trade are the people who are prompting resistance and propagating a lot of propaganda as if something is happening against their economy. This must not be condoned. My second point is a question: What is the cause of this? The root cause is that we have young educated boys who have no future. When they look ahead, they do not see any chance of getting employed. We have talked to them and all they say is: “What do I do? I have to consume this to cool my head so that I can sleep”. The Jubilee Government must walk the talk. It must try and provide employment that was enshrined in its manifesto. Several agenda and concepts have been unveiled by the Government but the people who are supposed to execute them, make them visible and make jobs available are busy looking for money through corruption. Corruption is everywhere and when we are talking about corruption, even this thing could be a product of corruption. The chang’aa dens are protected by the Provincial Administration. You people come to Muhoroni and emulate my system where despite the fact that molasses is heavily produced in the constituency, consumption of chang’aa, is near nil. It is because I do not tolerate it and neither do my chiefs. They have the orders and the sub-county commissioner has the mandate and instruction to ensure that chang’aa consumption and processing is wiped out. Otherwise, thank you very much. I wish you well now that central Kenya is the recent consecration of--- 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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