Monitor Madrassas, says National Assembly speaker Justin Muturi

The curriculum used in Madrassas should be regulated to ensure rogue Muslim clerics don't use them to radicalise the youth, National Assembly Speaker Justin Muturi has said.

Speaking at Full Gospel church, Sikago in Mbeere North constituency during a thanksgiving service, Mr. Muturi also urged parents to visit secular and religious teaching places to assess what is being imparted on their children.

Muturi said MPs should set up special committees to check what is being taught in madrassas if the need arises.

"Those overseeing education must know the curriculum being taught in Madrassas. Religious leaders should not raise issue when the Government goes to monitor what is being taught there. We must agree that our education centres, be they secular or religious must be accessible to our security people," he said.

"We get concerned when people congregate and then resort to acts of violence. There is freedom of worship and we are alive to that but there must be responsibility," he added.

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