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    "id": 861905,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/861905/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Makueni, WDM–K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Daniel Maanzo",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Daniel Kitonga Maanzo",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me an opportunity to participate and support this very important Motion on the ratification of the Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products. Kenya is leading in legislation dealing with tobacco. Many other parts of the world have legislated on tobacco. There are regulations and practices such as advertisements on the dangers of tobacco. Because of nicotine, tobacco is one of the most dangerous products used in the world, especially when used by young children. It affects human lungs and has a lot of consequences. In some cases, according to research, cancer has developed in people who take tobacco. The worst of it is when it is due to illicit trade. In our circumstances, illicit trade takes place through companies which are not authorised to transact or process tobacco, and thus do not do it in the right way such that cigarettes have no filters. Some of them are fake products. A few Kenyans harvest raw tobacco, process it illegally and use it for chewing, smoking or making illicit cigarettes. They smash leaves of tobacco and use newspaper cuttings to roll and smoke it. It has devastating health effects since it is not processed and purified. Even worse, there is loss of revenue because that person ordinarily would have smoked a cigarette which would have been bought and taxes paid. The Government loses revenue when you process and consume it directly as an individual."
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