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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kilgoris, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Julius Sunkuli",
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    "content": "In the early days, there used to be a category of Christians called Defenders of the Faith. We need that category today. Even in those early days, there was a rise of heresay. There were people who were spreading heresay and false teachings about the religion of Christ, and the church had to deal with this situation. It is also true to say that today, you do not hear a lot from the church denouncing the faiths that these people are trying to teach. These new teachings are so hypocritical and they need to be denounced. As Hon. Ng’elechei has just said, part of the real problem is that we have placed some fear in these people. We think that they have some power that they can influence against us. The church must guard the faith because the church of Christ has been used by people to divert themselves from the original teachings. If we can have good teachings of Christianity today as it were in the early days, then these hearsays would not develop. The church needs to stop the so-called Jesus of Tongaren. I am happy that he has not proclaimed to be the Jesus of Nazareth, but he cannot be ignored because of the other reason. The second person to be given responsibility here is the Government. It is true that the Government cannot regulate Christianity or religion, however, it can do something. In 2015, we came up with the Societies (Religious Society) Rules, 2015. Under those regulations, a cleric had to produce a certificate of good conduct, and prove himself to be worth the salt. If we do not have a law that is going to protect members of society who do not necessarily belong to that religion, then people will continue to produce their religions at will. That law required every religion to have a constitution and state their teachings. Unfortunately, perverted religion is on the rise and today, we have psychopaths coming up and calling themselves bishops, preachers and proclaiming a religion that is attached to olive oil that is supposed to perform miracles. I think this religion needs to be regulated by law. I had the advantage of presiding over the security of this country which prides itself to have the best intelligence available. It is inconceivable that this happened under the watch of this Government. I wish Hon. Ichung’wah was here because there is a commonly used terminology ‘former regime’. I want to dispute the use of this term by people belonging to Jubilee Party, because they are the former regime. All of us whether in the former regime or present regime should condemn and prevent this from happening again. Hon. Temporary Speaker, I support."
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