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    "id": 1236233,
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    "speaker_name": "Kiambaa, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Njuguna Kawanjiku",
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    "content": " Thank you for your protection. I also think he was not in order. Whatever is happening in our country in regard to religion and Christianity is a very emotive issue that sometimes goes out of hand. I, therefore, support and appreciate the Member for Kilifi Hon. Owen Baya, for bringing this Motion to the House for deliberation and discussion. This will enable us know if we need to go to the extent of regulating churches within our country and create a body that will help the Government monitor whatever is happening in our churches. If the Government is not keen on what is happening in those churches and the information that is being fed to the congregants, it will be a national security concern. We call upon the national Government and the Cabinet Secretary, Interior and Coordination of National Government to start checking the information that these so-called pastors are relaying to their congregants. Currently, we are told that the death toll has reached 73 people while 212 are missing. It is a very serious issue that needs intervention from the National Government and NIS. When you consider the manner in which the issue was handled, we do not have intelligence that should be giving this information to the National Police Service. It is a blame game between the NIS and the National Police Service. As Christians, if you look at it the way some of the churches are brainwashing their members, I think it is going overboard and we need to set up a team to look into the doctrines that are being preached and propagated by these pastors. We call upon the NCCK to offer advice to the national Government and Parliament on how we can regulate these rogue people calling themselves pastors while in real sense they are not. There are viral videos showing pastors stepping on their congregants making them unable to walk and shaving their private parts in the name of religion. I think it is absurd and we need to condemn this issue. The Government needs to understand their localities to know what kind of teachings are going on through Nyumba Kumi . It is a matter of national security and in case that someone is radicalising people without the Government’s knowledge it should be considered a threat. I, therefore, support Hon. Owen Baya. We should come up with regulations that will put checks and balances on whatever is happening within our churches. I thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker."
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