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    "id": 644639,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. A.B. Duale",
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": "Under Article 94 of the Constitution, I have all the right to address issues concerning not only my constituency, but the people of Kenya. We agreed to change Saturday because of our brothers who pray on that day. The same spirit should respect our Muslim brothers who pray on Friday. What makes you shift from Saturday to Friday as if Muslims do not matter in this country? Leaders must rise to the occasion where we tolerate and respect people of other faiths and communities. I rarely come to the Chamber on Wednesdays. I was watching the television in my office and realised that I was under the obligation to protect the Constitution that gives freedom of worship to Christians, Muslims, Hindus, Akorinos and traditionalists. This amendment, in fact, goes against the spirit of the Constitution. I want to tell Hon. Millie Odhiambo and those who dare listen to me that on Fridays, we do not work. It is a special day on the calendar of Muslims like the Holy Month. We do not work. If you work, that is your business. But for us, it is like what Sunday is to the Christian community or Saturday to our brothers, the Seventh Day Adventists (SDAs). For us who believe in God, we pray five times a day. We were brought up in a very religious family. We are in this House to protect the interests of every religion. You do not just shift from Saturday to Friday as if there are people in this county who do not pray on Friday. This is a Motion that has been brought by a man I respect a lot."
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