Discriminating against MP was in bad taste

Laikipia Women Representative Catherine Waruguru addressing the media at Parliament where she claimed she was embarrassed in a Kericho Hotel. [Boniface Okendo/Standard]

Sunrise Upper Hill Hotel in Kericho County is in the spotlight for all the wrong reasons. Last Saturday, its management cancelled a room reservation by Laikipia Woman Representative Catherine Waruguru who was to share it with her husband, just because she did not have a marriage certificate.

It is preposterous to expect married couples to walk around with marriage certificates; it is not a requirement in law. Feeling cold and dejected, Ms Waruguru furiously protested the act of the hotel.