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    "id": 1349596,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Chute",
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        "legal_name": "Chute Mohamed Said",
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    "content": "‘(1) A person shall not be held in slavery or servitude.’ If you look at what happened in Shakahola, I do not know what type of language they use. They are like slaves. They are just there without knowing where they are heading, where they came from and what they are going to do next. It is very unfortunate. I have seen this happening in churches and mosques. If you watch national television on Sundays, you will find a priest telling people ‘if you want a baby, bring seed money,’ and the seed money is Kshs10,000. How can you tell a person who has come to that service to pray to God that ‘you have not gotten a child for many years, I will pray for you, but you have to pay seed money of Kshs10,000?’ You will find the same scenario in a mosque. A Sheikh will tell somebody, ‘I will pray for you because you have not gotten a child. There is water I am going to pour on you; you have to remain naked then pay some fees.’ I do not know what method people are using to brainwash an adult of sound mind; some with undergraduate degrees, masters degrees and are professors. I really do not understand. The most important part of what happened in Shakahola is for those people who were involved to be taken to court. The Directorate of Public Prosecutions (DPP) should take quick drastic actions. They have many cases. They can take these people to court with what they have now then keep adding. Madam Temporary Speaker, if you kill a hyena today in a place like Marsabit County, you will be taken to court the following morning. How about 429 innocent lives lost? I thought by now because if you kill a hyena, you are charged the same day, these people are supposed to be charged and held responsible without wasting time. It needs to be expedited in the charge sheet and all, so that they go to jail. We have fundamentalists in our Islamic society. There is no difference. Somebody will be told to put a belt on themselves or to go and kill certain people, then they will go to heaven. Which heaven is this that you kill thousands of people to go to? This is all being brought about by people who use that religion in a crooked way. Some of them are learned religiously and some are good religious scholars. Even priests and Bishops are there. We need to have some legislation in place. Tomorrow, I can call myself Bishop Chute and tell people to bring me money. How do I get the title of Bishop? Did I go through a religious process or some school and qualify to be a Bishop? Am I registered as a Bishop or Sheikh or Imam? 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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