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    "id": 1353097,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Mungatana MGH",
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    "content": "3. To establish through the office of the registrar of societies the numbers and activities of religious groups in the country including the registration and compliance status. 4. To audit the legal and registration framework for religious organizations in the country. 5. Develop a legislative proposal on regulation of religious activities in the country. 6. Make any other recommendation that will prevent religious organization from extreme indoctrination of their followers including radicalization, spiritual and financial exploitation. Madam Temporary Speaker, the membership of the Committee was made up as follows: Sen. Mungatana Sen. Shakila Muhammed Sen. Mohamed Faki Mwinyihaji Sen. Abdul Haji Sen. William Cheptumo Sen. Richard Onyonka Sen. Veronica Maina Sen. Hamida Kibwana Sen. Tabitha Mutinda Sen. Eddie Oketch Sen. David Wakoli Wafula Madam Temporary Speaker, I really want to take a minute or so to pay tribute to the hard work of these Senators. My vice-chairperson, Sen. Shakila Mohammed, was ever present. We had brilliant contributions from Senators such as Sen. Eddie Oketch who is one of those young Senators that has distinguished himself when it comes to work. I pay tribute to the work that he put in here. It gives me hope that maybe even as we grow older, the country will still be in good hands as we leave the stage at some point. I want to acknowledge the work put in by Sen. Cheptumo who was always there and who really put in a lot of work in this Committee. I acknowledge every other Member including Sen. Veronica Maina, a very hard-working lady. I really appreciate fellow Senators; without them it would not have been possible to come up with a report such as this that really gave direction on what we should do with religious organizations. Madam Temporary Speaker, the Senate gave us 90 days to complete our investigation and table the Report on 26th July. However, the Committee sought an extension through a Motion that was adopted by the House on 1st of August, 2023. The Committee was granted an extension of 30 days to conclude its work and report on 5th of September, 2023. Due to the evolving nature of events, on the 3rd of October, the House granted the Committee another 14 days from 5th of October to conclude its work. We then went on to table the final report on 14th October, 2023. Madam Temporary Speaker, in our conduct of investigations, we adopted a work plan on 3rd May, 2023, and prepared a framework for stakeholder investigations and"
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