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"speaker_name": "Sotik, UDA",
"speaker_title": "Hon. Francis Sigei",
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"content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me this opportunity. I rise to support this very comprehensive Report. At the outset, I thank the Committee for an excellent Report which they have brought to this House. I want to state that this Report is a tip of the iceberg. We have a lot of things that are going on out there. I sit in the Public Investments Committee (PIC) where we have been doing some audit in the universities and the TVET institutions. On this issue of PWDs, those institutions have failed miserably. I am very happy that this Committee has brought out those issues. As has been said by my colleagues, Article 54(2) of our Constitution is very clear. The laws of this country, including the Act that deals specifically with disabilities, are very clear. I support that the issue here is mainly lack of compliance and enforcement of the existing laws. I request the Committee, which has done a very good job, to re-examine the existing laws and bring amendments to the House so that we can discuss those issues. We need to take appropriate action in terms of legislation. I want the House to take this role seriously. Let us ensure that the people who violate those laws are punished severely, so that they can remember the consequences for the rest of their lives. On the issue of procurement, the procurement law is very clear. It talks about giving some specific percentage to the people living with disabilities. But, how many comply with the Act? We need to look at ourselves as Members of Parliament. I am not sure how many of us are complying with the law. It states that for all tenders in the entire country, a specific percentage must be allocated to people living with disabilities. In my constituency, I have carried out an assessment of people living with disabilities and I have identified 1,084 of them. What I am doing now is looking for the best ways to assist them. Unless you understand the extent of their disabilities and what they truly need in life, it is very difficult to assist them. So, as the Member of Parliament for Sotik, I am committed to making sure that what the Chairman has brought up here is a starting point. I fully support this Report, and I want to thank the Chairperson and this Committee for doing a fantastic job."
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"speaker_name": "Hon. Omboko Milemba",
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"content": " Hon. Jackson Kosgei."
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"content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. At the outset, I want to say I support the Report by the Committee on National Cohesion and Equal Opportunity that is chaired by my friend, Hon. Yussuf Adan Haji. Thank you for the good work that you have done. Thank you for being bold to sample organisations and institutions of Government that have not demonstrated their response to the demands of the law in all the facets as given by our Constitution. It is a shame that in that sample, over 99 per cent of the institutions representing Government and Semi-Autonomous Government Agencies The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor"
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"content": "(SAGAs) have not fulfilled the demand of the law in meeting the rights of persons living with disabilities."
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"speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr.) Jackson Kosgei",
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"content": "Allow me, Hon. Temporary Speaker, to quote Mahatma Gandhi. He was an Indian philosopher and the founder of modern-day India. He said: “The true source of rights is duty. If we all discharge our duties, rights will not be far to seek.”"
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"speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr.) Jackson Kosgei",
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"content": "Hon. Temporary Speaker, if we do not implement… I draw your attention to the recommendations that have been given by the Committee. I support every part of it up to Number 7, the way it is. Allow me to highlight my support by paying attention to numbers 1, 2 and 5. They are about institutions that would really like to practise a secret bureaucratic disentitlement and discrimination as is referred to in management. It is a silent policy that the disadvantaged and vulnerable people in institutions are silently disentitled of the rights they have in an organisation. If public institutions cannot pay attention in their policies, especially the human resource instruments…"
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"content": "The second thing I have seen from the recommendations, and I support, is that we need to strengthen organisations, especially the National Council for Persons Living with Disabilities, whose Bill is due for a review and is about to come to this House. Since it has been taken over to become a Government Bill, I wish to appeal to the Leader of Majority Party to hasten and bring it to the House. This is so that we can review, amend, and make sure that the gaps that exist in its implementation can serve as a shield. It is not enough to feel entitled. It should go beyond that to ensure that the law is responsive enough. I also agree that this particular Report should be implemented as recommended by the Committee. I support the Report. I, once again, thank the Committee for the good work under the chairmanship of Hon. Yussuf."
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"content": " Very well. Hon. Kathambi."
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"speaker_name": "Njoro, UDA",
"speaker_title": "Hon. Charity Chepkwony",
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"content": " Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for the time you have given me to support this fantastic Report by the Committee on National Cohesion and Equal Opportunity, which is led by Hon. Yussuf and Hon. Liza Chelule, my Woman Representative from Nakuru County. First, I am appreciating the Report because most of the times we talk about other kinds or groups of people and forget to talk about those living with disabilities. Therefore, I wish to congratulate the team so much for conducting the inquiry. It is high time people living with disabilities got fair representation in all public institutions. As I was going through the Report, I found that when the Committee was doing the inquiry in relation to representation of the people living with disability, to some extent, they got responses from people stating that they do not apply for jobs even when they are advertised. It is also a responsibility for us, as leaders, to ensure that when there are positions in different institutions, we do civic education and make it feasible for people living with disability to know and apply. People living with disabilities have been forgotten. The Committee, with our help, should follow up on this Report and see to it that we do not only talk in support, but we also follow up on the recommendations in detail. That way, we will get good results. Hon. Temporary Speaker, I also noted that if most of the persons living with disability are given a chance, they really perform. In my constituency, I have employed them and they are doing great work. I have a committee member who is representing the National Government Constituencies Development Fund (NG-CDF) in a certain ward. If you go see the kind of projects which are supervised by him, you will get really impressed. Thus, being disabled does not mean you are not able to work. I would even challenge our disciplined forces that, when there is recruitment, they can also think of a way they can attract those people who can be given some work in offices. We should not side-line them when it comes to offering service in this country. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor"
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"speaker_name": "Njoro, UDA",
"speaker_title": "Hon. Charity Chepkwony",
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"content": "I stood to support this Report that is bringing the matter of people living with disability as an important case. Most of the times, we have talked in this House in support of the youth and women but, when it comes to matters of employment, we have really not taken it seriously. We should not only talk of what is happening in the public offices. Let it also be implemented by private institutions. Through the Chairman and Vice-Chairperson, let us ensure that even the place where persons living with disability are working, they have friendly structures to enable them live well. To the Committee, this is good work. Push it for its implementation. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker for the time you have granted me."
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