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81Ramla Haji Yussuf: Anaga dintena gebdaxa ini lagadijiyo bey ogoshaxay wain lagadijiya.Translator: It should not be done on girls but atleast some slight thing should be done as far as our religion is concerned, butthe multilation part is not part of the religion.Com. Baraza: Is it religion or culture?Ramla Haji Yussuf: Daqanka ya daxayo dinta madexeyso.Translator: it is culture, not religion.TYPE…………Mohamed Ahmed: I’m Mohamed Ahmed. The commissioners, I’m very thankful, and I wish to welcom you to Arabia. Firstand foremost, I will try to be brief because a lot of it is written here. So I will try to be brief.I wish to propose the following:On citizenship, first, anybody born in Kenya should be regarded as an automatic citizen. Second, one should aquire automaticcitizenship if married to a Kenyan. 3 rd , the Government allow, the Constitution should allow dual citizenship. Fourth, colour,creed, religion should not be used to deny one citizenship. I’m saying this because many times, as you walk in the streets ofEastleigh, just because you are a Somalia, you see the police get hold of you and ask for this and that. If they take yourpassport and your name is Mohammed Ali or whatever, you are not going to be regarded like any other Kenyan. You are firstgoing to be set aside, and you are going to be scrutinized. So the religion should be used as tool for discrimination. Collect andremove, they just insist, done on people of North Eastern Province.The requirement for acquisition of passports or any other official document should be uniform for all Kenyans. Not saying thatbecause you are a Somali you must come with a screening card, you must come with a screening card of your grandfather, theID card of your great grandfather, those issues should not be there. The requirement of a passport shoud be uniform for allKenyans.On issue of political parties, the ruling party should not be privileged to use the state resources. At times you find that the rulingparty KANU uses the helicopters of the police, to go round, to do this do that. This is a state property and should be for thestate, not for any political party.The other thing is, all political parties should sponsor themselves. If you look at the economy of a country, we have got almost48 political parties, if we will be financing each political party, I think the economy will not allow. We should have national unityand reduce ethnicity that of course our political parties are based on. I’m proposing that, we have at least a maximum of 4