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"content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is a discriminatory piece of legislation that is also unconstitutional. When you look at the provision of Section 82 of the Constitution, it provides that no law shall make provisions that are discriminatory either of itself or in itself. It also says that no person shall be treated in a discriminatory manner by a person acting by virtue of any written law or in the performance of the functions of a public office or a public authority. Section 82 of our Constitution goes further to provide that in this section, the expression âdiscriminatoryâ means according different treatments to different persons, attributable wholly or mainly to their respective descriptions by race, tribe, place of origin or residence or other local connection. By prescribing in this law that the people of North Eastern Province, that is, Isiolo, Marsabit, Tana River and Lamu districts were to be in the designated area and would not be allowed to bring any proceedings for claims for compensation or otherwise, indeed by this law itself, they had discriminated against the people of North Eastern Province, that is, Isiolo, Marsabit, Tana River and Lamu. This ran against our Constitution in Section 82."
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