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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kisoi",
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        "legal_name": "Michael Manthi Kisoi",
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    "content": "can encourage each and every Kenyan to access a mobile phone at a very low cost. This will enable each and every Kenyan to communicate and do certain transactions that are now inevitably being transacted on phones. So, as we look into this Bill, there is the question of sensitization of our public towards this because it is important that we sensitize Kenyans on the importance of taxation. Definitely, we need to create a culture that has very strong values and that encourages people to pay taxes. On the other hand, I am looking at the issue of plastic bags. This country looks like a dumping pit because everywhere you go, there are plastic bags. Scientifically, it has been proven and noted that they are environmentally hazardous and they do not create a clean environment. Rwanda, which is a bit below us in terms of economic growth has put in very firm measures to deal with the issue of plastic bags. The effect of using plastic bags is the degrading of our environment and that has a heavy impact on this country. We had a noble idea in Kamba land and other areas about the Kiondos which were made from sisal and did not have these effects on the environment. So, we need to look into our own traditional ways on how to enhance the use of paper and Kiondos as opposed to plastic bags as this has brought a lot of problems. Thanks to the late Noble Peace Prize winner Prof. Wangari Maathai for the good work. If she was alive today, I am sure she would have been fighting this issue of plastic bags so much. We need to emulate her vision. We need to share this passion with other Kenyans. Every Kenyan needs to know that these plastic bags have become a total menace and something needs to be done. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, there is the issue of alcohol and cigarettes. Recently, we saw what happened in Central Kenya and other parts of the country. Leaders decided to take the issue head on and destroyed the unlicensed and unregulated second generation alcohol. The country was almost grinding to a halt with very serious effects both economically and socially because of such kind of second generation alcohol. We need to keep the spirit on and discourage such unregulated, unlicensed and unregistered alcohol because they have serious effects on the economy. We know how hazardous cigarettes are to human beings. It is with regret that the Tobacco Bill is still hanging somewhere unnoticed and without proper consideration. Having come across one of the pieces of the effects of cigarettes on the human body that has been prepared by National Authority for Campaign Against Alcohol and Drug Abuse (NACADA) and health experts, you realise that this country is really coughing up quite a lot in terms of the control measures, medication and trying to deal and mitigate the effects of cigarettes. In principle, I support the Bill but with reservations on certain factors which we should look at before the Bill is passed so that we can really polish it into a document that is acceptable to all. I support the Bill."
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