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    "id": 1560674,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1560674/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Busia County ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Catherine Omanyo",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I support the annulment of the Prevention of Terrorism (Implementation of the United Nations Security Council Resolutions on the Suppression of Terrorism) Regulations 2024 in their entirety, published as Legal Notice No. 187 of 2024. This is because some discriminate against tribes, clans and specific people. If I may be open enough, if I wear a hijab and travel abroad, some countries would really scrutinise me. They will look at my name and country of origin and conclude non- existent things. Such happens at our local level where a tout will jokingly say, “ simamisha kunabomu moja ina shuka ”. This is said when a passenger is alighting a bus or matatu, which means that a Muslim brother or sister is alighting. It is not good. Some regulations make people start stereotyping others. This is not good. I can choose to dress and travel the way I want. If the whole world is a global village, then let us all treat each other with respect and appreciate other people's cultures. If people do anything wrong, they should be punished, whether they have no religion, are in a cult, or are Christians or Muslims. However, we should not be stereotyping a particular religion as terrorists. Thank you."
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