Nominated MP Majanko Samusa, has insisted skin bleaching doesn’t render one a non-Muslim or a non-Christian, as he called for a repealing of a 2010 law that frowns at the act.
Mr Samusa told fellow MPs on Thursday, as they discussed a bill to scrap the Skin Bleaching Prohibition Act 201o: “The right of people should be considered. I rise to support the bill to repeal this act because I see it as a violation of human rights. You can only accept this bill when you accept this state as an Islamic state.
“It’s a democracy, if you like to bleach yourself, if you want cut your skin. It’s affects you (person doing it) not the community. This bill is general. You have some men who bleach their skin likewise women.
“Let’s not make life difficult for people. It’s a democracy. You bleach, that doesn’t mean you’re not a Muslim or Christian. We should repeal it so that those who want to bleach can do it at their liberty.”
