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    "id": 1091432,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Emuhaya, ANC",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Omboko Milemba",
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        "legal_name": "Jeremiah Omboko Milemba",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for this chance. I will be a little limited because after the Mover moved this Motion, we got more explanation from Hon. Duale. I thank both Hon. Wangwe and Hon. Duale, especially Hon. Duale, for his clear explanation on what Waqf is and how it works within Islamic law. What I have understood about Waqf is that it is an endowment made by a Muslim to a religious, educational or charitable course. That is good because this will go a long way to help, improve, assist and excite and incite more people to donate for charitable courses. I also captured from him very well, when he struggled with the histories, that this law was confined at the Coast. I am fairly an authority in history at my own level. It is true that at Independence, when colonisation had been done, the Sultan of Zanzibar was left by a strip, what was called the colonial strip. It was 10 miles wide. Therefore, there are some Islamic laws that were only applicable within the 10-mile strip along the Coast. That law continued to be administered by the Sultan. That is why Hon. Duale talked about Sayyid Barghash, Seyyid Said, alongside other Sultans who governed the Coast. It comes out clear that Islam has since then spread into the interior of what was formerly called the protectorate. This was called the East African Protectorate. Therefore, there is need to extend this law beyond the strip into the interior where we have Islam. From that perspective, this is good because there is Islam everywhere. In Emuhaya where I come from, even just last weekend, we were burying the wife of the Deputy Governor of Vihiga, Bwana Saisi, who was a Muslim. We had the local Muslim leadership conducting the funeral. I remember veteran Raila was also present 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."
}