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    "id": 635507,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Midiwo",
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        "legal_name": "Washington Jakoyo Midiwo",
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    "content": "Hon. Speaker, Hon. Joseph M’Eruaki is not listening to you. He is irked by the fact that his nation is being raided by injustice. Article 95 (2) of the Constitution says:- “The National Assembly deliberates on and resolves issues of concern to the people” The arrest is just a fact that exacerbates this issue of Miraa . We have been treated in this country to a fact that this House must address itself to this issue of Miraa being a drug or being prohibited in Europe. In Great Britain, where the issue came about that Miraa is a drug, it was found it is not a drug. The issue of our customs officers arresting visitors in Kenya on the basis of Miraa being illegal means we are working against ourselves. Hon. Speaker, you remember that Hon. Raila Odinga wrote to the Prime Minister of England asking them to stop or, at least, rescind the decision to deter us from trading with them on Miraa . That position has not changed. However, there are a couple of things that must be addressed. The way our security officers, both customs officers and police officers, behave at our entry and exit points in this country is giving a very bad image to our country. That somebody can be arrested and be charged with a foreign law on our land is primitive and it does not make 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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