{"id":1053098,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1053098/?format=json","text_counter":647,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Suba North, ODM","speaker_title":"Hon. (Ms.) Odhiambo-Mabona","speaker":{"id":376,"legal_name":"Millie Grace Akoth Odhiambo Mabona","slug":"millie-odhiambo-mabona"},"content":" Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, if I have heard Hon. Kaluma well, he has no problem with this Act not being applied discriminatively. However, he has a challenge that I have limited it to only those who have reported for refugee and asylum seeker status. Can I then provide that this actually applies to all refugees and asylum seekers and all those who have received a status within the territory of Kenya without discrimination on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, sex disability or age? The reason I am saying this is that almost all our laws have a non-discrimination clause, except this one. Unless it is somewhere and I have not seen it, I would be willing to let go. Otherwise, this would be a very peculiar law that does not have this clause especially when we have a lot of vulnerable people. Perhaps Hon. Kaluma could guide if there is a provision that I have missed that is on non-discrimination and then I will drop this amendment. If there is no such clause, then I would urge the Committee, as is the practice with other laws especially where you have vulnerable people, to give a blanket provision of non-discrimination in its application."}