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"content": "So, it is the same institutionalisation of discrimination and intimidation that this part of the country has suffered in the past that it continues to suffer to date. Therefore, this is just the background that informs the preparation of this Bill. This Bill was not generated overnight. It was generated as a result of many years of discrimination and intimidation of the people of northern Kenya, even before we acquired Independence. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, when we come to independent Kenya, there was what we call âThe Application of Emergency Lawâ. This law actually intended to have two sets of legal regimes within Kenya â one regime for the areas that I have mentioned, and another regime for the rest of Kenya. The constitutional and legislative framework for application of Emergency Law in the Northern Frontier districts was completed in 1970 with the passage of the Indemnity Act, Chapter 44, Laws of Kenya. That is what makes me to have a reasonable feeling that the Indemnity Act, Cap.44, Laws of Kenya, is retrogressive, discriminatory, dangerous and, therefore, needs to be repealed. During the Eighth Parliament, the attempt to repeal this Act was made through a Motion which the Government was hesitant to support. However, in its collective wisdom, the House unanimously approved the Motion. It was accepted that this Act needed to be removed from the Statutes. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Indemnity Act is institutionalisation of impunity in Kenya. What does it say? Section 3 of the Indemnity Act is of particular interest to us. It says as follows:- â3. (1) No proceeding or claim to compensation or indemnity shall be instituted or made in or entertained by any court, or by any authority or tribunal established by or under any law, for"
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