{"id":1052958,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1052958/?format=json","text_counter":507,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Suba North, ODM","speaker_title":"Hon. (Ms.) Millie Odhiambo","speaker":{"id":376,"legal_name":"Millie Grace Akoth Odhiambo Mabona","slug":"millie-odhiambo-mabona"},"content":" Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. In sub-clause (3), I was concerned about children, persons with disability and the elderly. I will deal with sub-clause (1). I beg to move: THAT, Clause 29 of the Bill be amended in sub-clause (1) by deleting paragraph (a) and substituting therefor the following new paragraph─ (a) the person may be subject to persecution on account of race, personal convictions, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group or political opinion, or for failure to conform to a retrogressive cultural practice. I seek to enhance the grounds upon which a person may be considered to be persecuted. I know that the grounds I am proposing are more expansive and are in line with decisions of the courts and the concluding remarks of the UN agency that monitors refugees’ rights. I seek, therefore, to include “non-conformity to retrogressive cultural practices” as one of the grounds. I move."}