Baby in Kenya's National Assembly Sparks Uproar

Members of parliament who said the National Assembly was "not the right place" for Kwale Woman Representative Zulekha Hassan to bring her breastfeeding 5-month-old baby have been criticised as "discrimination on the mother, her child and the Kwale County electorate".

Kwale Woman Representative Zuleka Hassan with a bay inside the National Assembly on Aug 7, 2019.

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