A section of Muslim organizations have opposed the new terrorism Bill saying that the law violates the human rights under the Bill of rights and have vowed to challenge it in court.

Members of Supreme Council of Kenya Muslims (SUPKEM) and Kenya Assembly of Ulamaa and Imams (KAULI) jointly spoke against the Bill, set to be passed into law.

“The bill is against the human rights as stipulated in the bill of rights. This will give the police the right to trace pass in people’s homes once it is passed to law and the bill brings discrimination among the Muslim society.” They said.

They went ahead and spoke against the suspension of hiring workers to the Middle East.

“The suspension should be lifted, instead of suspending citizens who want to go and find jobs which will benefit themselves and their families; the government should work hand in hand with the Saudi Arabian ambassador and see to it that the mistreated workers bosses are brought to book. The government should further interrogate the agencies that take workers to the Middle East before licensing them hence preventing the unscrupulous agencies.” Mohdhar said.

Government’s plan of distributing syringes to the drug addicts was greatly spoken against.

The chairman SUPKEM Coast province Sheikh Mohdhar Kitami and the Secretary General KAULI sheikh Badro Hamisi were against the distribution of syringes saying that that is an act of promoting drug abuse in coast province and lure more youths to join drug abuse. They further added that the drug barons should be brought to book instead of just dealing with the petty peddlers.

   

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