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    "id": 75772,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Raila",
    "speaker_title": "The Prime Minister",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 195,
        "legal_name": "Raila Amolo Odinga",
        "slug": "raila-odinga"
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    "content": " Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I wish hon. Langat was more specific. But I know that there was a driver who was found carrying drugs, who was arrested and charged in a court of law. Yes, I agree with hon. S. Abdalla and hon. Odhiambo-Mabona about the gravity of this issue and that is why I decided to make this Statement today before this House. We do not just want to make empty Statements, but we want to follow this with concrete actions. I want to inform hon. Mungatana and hon. S. Abdalla that Coast Province is leading because of obvious reasons. Of course, Coast Province is leading because it is the entry point of our country. So, it is much more exposed. It is easier for these big cartels to land their goods at the Coast Province because we have a long coastline. We have islands like the Lamu Aspelago, where it is very easy to land some of these items. Therefore, because it acts as the entry point, it is very easy to lure the youth along the coast into drug trafficking and consumption. So, it is not that people at the Coast Province are more predisposed to drugs consumption. We have a responsibility, as Government, to protect all the citizens of this country, irrespective of where they reside. The statistics I gave were basically for purposes of information only. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, hon. Mungatana has quoted Article 35 of the Constitution, which deals with access to information and freedom of information. We are very much alive to that provision. However, there is certain information which, if"
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