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    "id": 1091535,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1091535/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kisauni, WDM-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Mbogo Ali",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Ali Menza Mbogo",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to add my voice to this important Bill. I wish to make it very clear that I support this Bill because it is timely. For information purposes to my colleagues, we already have the Wakf Commissioners of Kenya that is already operating and existing in this country but it is mostly felt in the coastal region. However, the current laws that we have that are managing the Wakf Commissioner of Kenya are pre-colonial. These are the laws that were enacted in 1948 and are not in line with our Constitution. The current laws are very discriminatory because they only consider Muslims to be Arabs. But as we know this country has more than 43 tribes and they all have Muslims. The new Bill proposed by Hon. Duale will address this issue and a Muslim will be identified as a person who professes Islam. If you look at the current law, we have a Commission already operating in this country but, we do not know how its commissioners are selected, their qualifications and its constitution. This is because they are being governed by laws enacted many years ago."
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