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    "id": 691114,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/691114/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. M’uthari",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 1576,
        "legal_name": "Joseph M'eruaki M'uthari",
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    "content": "Given the greater interest and the bigger picture in Kenya, there are issues that have been raised here. This Report has highlighted or brought out some of the things that have not been considered before, which is an improvement of what has been there. We want the miraa -growing areas to be given special consideration. The British Government, through their development agencies, should put special programmes in those areas so that the farmers who have lost their livelihoods because of that decision can be cushioned. Again, I am saying that it was never based on any scientific investigations. It was said that miraa is harmful. Some of the commodities that we are consuming here in Kenya and that are made by British companies like British American Tobacco (BAT) and even the beer products affect the health and wellbeing of the people. A commodity like miraa, which is for the poor farmers who may not have big corporations that are able to engage, lobby and be supported, is being banned. Because of that lack of capacity, their trade is criminalised."
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