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"speaker_title": "Hon. Peter Kaluma",
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"content": " What we previously called Non- Governmental Oganisations, which were initially under the NGOs Co-ordination Board, are now under the Public Benefit Act. This provision states that the Authority will regularly identify organisations that are at risk of terrorism financing and other issues. Do you know the loophole we are creating? If you want to deregister an organisation, as we saw with the complaints about some organisations during the Gen.Z demonstrations, you simply say an organisation has been identified as being at the risk of terrorism or terrorism financing, and before they even speak about it, they have been deregistered. In my view, although we must fight money laundering and terrorism, some of these provisions must be re-looked into. We must be careful to ensure that the excuses of fighting those grievous vices are not used to weaken or limit the rights of the people, or give people the leeway to determine that Hon. Farah Maalim is a terrorist, for example, and to deal with them as such. Today we are here, tomorrow we will be there. Let us take time to look at this Bill in detail for posterity and only accept things that are beneficial to the country. Hon. Temporary Speaker, for all those reasons, I personally remain opposed to this law. I thank you."
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