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    "id": 1236296,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Elgeyo Marakwet County, Independent",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Caroline Ng’elechei",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker for giving me this opportunity. I appreciate the Member of Parliament for bringing this Motion to us so that we can debate and discuss it. Hon. Temporary Speaker, very soon we are going to categorise religion as one of the emerging threats to security because of operations in some churches and some people like Mr. Mackenzie. Every now and then, we review our security threats. The latest threats to security are climate change, terrorism and cybercrime. Very soon, religion will be added to this list. How can one person, in the name of religion manage to kill all these people? More than 90 people have died because of this. It is about time the Government and the people of sound mind stood and defended these innocent and ignorant people. Some of these followers who just follow blindly are either illiterate, semi-illiterate or desperate. Some of these religious leaders are depressed. Some suffer from mental illnesses. Others are conmen and have criminal records. Most of them have a history of conning people and of doing some weird things. At times, I wonder why people of sound mind fear to confront them. We have many examples of religious leaders who do similar things like what Pastor Mackenzie was doing. People fear to call them out because of fear of the unknown. People are afraid to call these pastors out because they think they are surrounded by supernatural and imaginary powers. When it comes to a point where someone is misleading children, illiterate people and the poor… Some head to these churches in search of solutions to problems. We should find a way of protecting these people who are looking for help but end up in wrong hands. We have many other spiritual leaders doing the same things but today, because we are debating about Pastor Mackenzie, we fear to call them out too. They have led people to misery and from worse to worst. Some leaders brainwash their followers to leave all the earthly things to them for the followers to go to heaven. They do not want you to leave them where you are, but to take them to them. Why do they need them if at all they want is to go to heaven?"
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