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    "id": 1349590,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cherarkey",
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        "legal_name": "Cherarkey K Samson",
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    "content": "We agree they should preach that gospel, but there should be some decency. They must be within the law. People should do what their Constitution allows. You should know that where your rights end, another person's rights begin. If you have the right to worship, you should worship within the law that has been provided. You should respect the right to life and many others. I agree with the Committee on the recommendation of reintegration of survivors. I found it odd and weird that the police were arresting some of the survivors that were being found in the forest, especially from Shakahola. How do you arrest people who have been brainwashed and distorted minds? I agree with the Committee that they must be reintegrated into society. There must be support systems even through counselling. In the last Session, we were pushing to have mental health treatment because the issues of mental illness in this country are becoming a reality. You never know other people out there because of stress, Post Trauma Distress (PSD) due to accidents or giving birth, and many other stresses that can lead to mental disorders and become a disease. There is a country where they have appointed a minister of happiness and goodness. I do not know, with the stress that is in the country, you never know, we might end up needing a minister for happiness and goodness, so that they can make sure that people laugh and enjoy themselves, lakini si kupiga sherehe . We agree that we need to fight extremism, but we must integrate religious leaders, be it the Muslims, Christians or others. Let them be part of this so that we prevent extreme ideologies. The bottom line that we are trying to make is self-regulation. However, we agree on monitoring and observation to avoid extreme ideologies. We know the effects of extreme ideologies, especially where it has reached cases of terrorism or that are terror- related in the world. We urge the Ministry of Interior and National Coordination, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of National Defence, and others, even the Government, to work closely with religious leaders and the organizations that are there and do self-regulation. What I hate to see is where we want to regulate religious organizations. It means that before a Sheikh or Pastor preaches, a Government officer must go and look at their presentations. From where I sit or stand, is to put in place the necessary mechanisms on how we can tame the issue of extreme ideology. We can see where it has brought the country. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."
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