"We cannot allow mad people to marry," nominated MP Isaac Mwaura says. Although these words are not on record, they were the sentiments of some MPs when he proposed amendments to sections in the recently passed Marriage Act 2014 concerning people living with mental conditions.
This statement found its expression in the Act as clauses which basically prohibit Kenyans living with mental conditions or psycho-social disabilities from participating in the fundamental processes that constitute a marriage.
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