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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Orwoba",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I read page 155, paragraph 502. I can reread the recommendation. \"The Committee recommends that Parliament enacts the proposed Religious Organisations Bill, 2023, to provide a legislative framework for the regulation of religious organisations; establishment of the office of the registrar of religious organisations, registration framework, qualification of religious leaders, offenses and penalties for non-compliance among others.\" I went to St. George’s Girls’ Secondary School and know what I am doing here. Who will play God? I do not want to go further on this. There is another recommendation for cleansing social media. There is a directive to the Communication Authority of Kenya to regulate the licenses being given. The moment we regulate licenses of religious institutions means regulating music because we do not want certain stations to be granted licenses to play reggae. Who knows what we think about reggae? The moment we start talking about religious institutions being treated in a particular manner, like acquiring licenses to spread the gospel and recruiting followers of Jesus Christ, when will you stop? This will mean that we will also regulate other content. The Chair of the Committee should be tolerant of our divergent views. He understands that regulating religious institutions would mean something other than regulating the basic nitty gritty. What will you regulate, if not the activities of the religious institutions? It would be best if you held their activities."
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