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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Okiya Omtatah",
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    "content": "Thank you Madam Temporary Speaker, for the opportunity to speak on this Motion, which I support. I also support the Members of the Committee. I congratulate the Senator for Kakamega, Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale, for bringing this Motion. He has shown us true leadership in this House. We are dealing with con artists. The country is full of con artists, be it in politics or religion. This country is full of con artists who attribute whatever they do to supernatural powers. These con artists have manifested themselves in many ways. Right now, we are dealing with one set of con artists who have manifested themselves through religion. I would like to call upon the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights (KNCHR), which is entrusted under the Constitution with the duty to defend the Bill of Rights. Where is this Commission when fellows come on national media and make what are obviously fraudulent claims? We have seen people being lured to take their sick people from hospitals to these rallies and they die on the road going there or at the rallies and nothing is done to these people. They go out on national television, prosecute their fraud and convince people to follow them. I support the submissions that the Communications Authority (CA) should crack down on digital television stations. We have all manner of characters who are con artists calling themselves apostles, pastors, prophets and all manner of names that you cannot understand what they mean. Then the political elite on both sides of the divide encourage this. I have seen the President, Hon. Raila Odinga and their accolades, kneeling before these con artists, which is validation of distortion of the gospel of Christ."
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