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    "id": 194650,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Duale",
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": ", mosques and the support of Islamic orphanages was frozen under the guise that this was money laundering or terrorism money. This House must protect the basic human rights of Kenyan businessmen. It must come with rules and regulations that protect our people. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the third item that we need to discuss and amend in this Bill is on the various bodies this Bill is talking about. If you look at the Memorandum of Objects and Reasons, it is talking about three different bodies that will work concurrently; that is, the establishment of an assets recovery agency, money laundering advisory committee and the financial reporting agency. Those are three different bodies, but we will ask the Minister and the Departmental Committee to re-look at that to see whether we can have one body that can do all those three main functions. Like the Minister said, this region and continent needs laws that govern proceeds from drugs, prostitution, money laundering and even terrorism-related funds. We are in agreement in that, but we do not want this Bill in this country. I will say it here in broad daylight, that this Bill should not be another name for the Anti-Terrorism Bill we have been talking about in this country for the last five years. With those few remarks, we are happy that the Minister has referred it to the Departmental Committee on Finance, Planning and Trade. We urge this House to make sure that when Bills which touch on the liberties and financial institutions of this country are introduced in the House, they should be home-grown. It should come out of a Kenyan need instead of being imposed on us by foreigners. Thank you."
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