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    "id": 724843,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/724843/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Machage",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 179,
        "legal_name": "Wilfred Gisuka Machage",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am really sure this will be brought to the Committee on Health and it will be interesting to listen to the petitioner and the reasons and scientific information he may have on this. I moved a Motion in this House about three years on declaring drug and substance abuse as a national disaster and it was passed by this very House although the Committee on Implementation has never picked up on it. It is true that many countries have picked on some of these drugs and legalised their use. Chang’aa which is a locally brewed alcohol in Kenya, is not illegal in Tanzania. The Government there allows people to brew chang’aa but you do not sell to the people but to the Government. The Government buys it from the people and refines it to produce Konyagi, which is a very popular drink everywhere. So, as at now, I will not have a negative view on the petitioner. Maybe I will agree that this petition is allowed and we listen to it carefully. In Tanzania, the same “weed” is grown. Most of it is found in Kenya and people are arrested in Kenya but not in Tanzania. Maybe, we will have to look at their laws. This is not abused in Tanzania. So, there are a lot of things to look at on this plant."
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