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    "id": 1236225,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1236225/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Emuhaya, ANC",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Omboko Milemba",
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    "content": "The underlying factor will then be what else we can do after dealing with the Kilifi manifest. Which laws can we put in place to control the religions that are coming up every day? In the 12th Parliament, a Member brought to this House a law that was supposed to regulate religion and every Member of Parliament shied away from it and allowed the matter to die a natural death. The incident in Kilifi has now made religious leaders, who addressed the state yesterday, to believe that there is a need for some form of regulation to control the type of religions, beliefs and practices that are coming up in this country. This could be the right chance for Parliament to make a law that regulates the upcoming religions. When did the rain start beating us? Initially, religious sects and churches were registered through the advisory of the National Council of Churches of Kenya (NCCK) that vetted churches before they qualified to be registered. Today, it is done at societal level and it is easy to register anything, whether as a Community Based Organisation (CBO) or a church, and proceed to manifest your beliefs. This should be a wake-up call for not only the Government but even the House leadership in totality without blame game so that we can address the issue of religious malpractices that are harmful to our people. I thank you. I support."
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