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"content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I stand to support the Bill but make few amendments. I also want to say that we are happy that the Minister has referred the Bill to the Departmental Committee. I am sure that every hon. Member in this House will get a refurbished and re-done Bill that will be good to this country. I tend to agree with many of my colleagues here that the Bill that any hon. Member will bring to this House, be it the Government or the other side, must be home-grown. It must be one that will take care of the rights and liberties in this country as per the Constitution. Why do I say so? The element of suspects in this Bill is one that can create a lot of suspicion in the sense that properties of Kenyans and their human rights can be undermined. Their properties can be seized and all their liberties will be at stake if this Bill passes the way it is. Coming from a faith-based community, where the element of Anti-Terrorism Bill was very crucial in the last five years, we do not want to have a situation where the Anti-Terrorism Bill that could not see the light of the day in the last five years will be brought back to this House under the guise of the Anti-Money Laundering and Crime Proceeds Bill. We know that this Bill is talking about charitable organisations and Non-Governmental organizations (NGOs) whose money is May 8, 2008 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 951 suspect can be lumped together in this Bill. So many Islamic charitable organisations and NGOs suffered after September 11 when the Americans seized and froze all the accounts of anybody, organisation or businessman who they felt was sending money to the poor children in most of the Muslim countries, and particularly in this country, where money meant for the building of"
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