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    "id": 605032,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/605032/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Mugo",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Beth Wambui Mugo",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Chairperson, Sir, I am really surprised to hear my good friend talk of employment, earnings and all that with regard to these Regulations. We are not the only country that is coming up with such Regulations. The Regulations operationalize the Act and we are not the only that is putting such Regulations in place. In fact, in some countries the Regulations are very heavy. There is no amount of earnings or employment that can justify killer diseases that this House can open to. We know smoking causes lung cancer and we spend too much money treating those people who end up dying. Are we going to exchange the gains with the lives of Kenyans? I believe this really needs very careful scrutiny and we should let industry control the lives of Kenyans. So far some of these Regulations have worked and you can say that Kenya has become a free zone for smoking because there are very few people who smoke. It would be a sad day when Parliament or Senate opens the door for people to die of cancer."
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