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65have access to places of worship. To refuse to take any oath contrary to personal convictions. To decline the performance ofmilitary armed service contrary to any belief system constituting, - instead the performance of humanitarian services. As acollective Right, the content of religious liberty must guarantee the freedom of bodies. To manifest conviction and to propagatetheir religious choices or belief. Protecting each group and each person within a group privately, or participating from coercion.Protecting their rights to spread their convictions or beliefs. To acquire and maintain places of worship, conduct and attendreligious services and activities in any place in Kenya.Com. Keriako Tobiko: David I give you one more minute to wind up.David Ngugi:. The state must allow individuals in public schools and institution members of military, patients in hospitals,inmates in prison, to receive from their churches the necessary spiritual assistance. State regulations must be reasonablyaccommodated. Citizens participating in religious festivals and for the development for effective ……Com. Keriako Tobiko: Ndugu yangu. Say your last point and give us your memorandum. Your last point. Just finish.David Ngugi: I am coming to my last point. …and to simple services system. Last: To facilitate the collective right of religiousfreedom, and with regard to the unique religious and sociological background for the country, the state could enter into signed1agreement with a religious organization. Thank you.Com Keriako Tobiko: Thank you so much. Peter Macharia. John Mwangi. Jackson Mwangi. Danson Wahome.Danson Wahome: My personal recommendations are:1. Include Preamble with national vision.2. I would recommend a unitary government. Parliament with one chamber of members.3. Constituency boundaries should represent the percentage population of membership.4. President to be elected on a different day from that of the MP’s and must obtain fifty one per cent of the total votescast.5. Provision for the re-run for two top candidates should be done6. The term of the President should be two terms of five years each: The President must be a graduate.7. There should be a provision for impeachment of the President. Powers of the President should be spelt out.8. Parliament should make laws which are not discriminatory. Have power to vet some important appointments eitherPolitical or otherwise.9. Members of Parliament to have a Constitutional code of ethics, or conduct. Provisional removal of MP’s support bytheir political parties.