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"content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to also add my voice. Kenya is a very difficult country, in the sense that we tend to be very negative towards people living with disabilities. We know that disability is not inability, but we do not believe this, we simply say it. In the employment sector, I know it is very difficult for an abled person to get a job in this country, but it is worse for a person living with disability. I have just seen a message that has been sent by a friend of mine who is disabled. He said that getting a job for a person with disability is so difficult. It is like getting blood out of a stone. He added that it is even more difficult for a male person with disability to get married. This shows you how we do not respect 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": "people with disability. We do not consider them for many positions which they are capable of performing. Getting employment is very difficult for them. The Committee went through various institutions to establish the total number of PWDs that are employed, and 2.1 percent is below the belt. It is also important to note the positions they occupy once they are employed. A majority of them are cleaners or clerks. Are any of them chief executive officers (CEOs) or directors? Let us also look at the status of those who are employed. It is so difficult for them but, as most of us have observed, we see a lot of people living with disabilities in the rural areas. Even though there are no jobs there, I have seen many organisations employ or rather include them only as committee members, which is not a fully- fledged job. It is a membership, where you make decisions for a group of people like a member of a school board. They also tend to be included in small areas like a member of National Government Constituencies Fund (NG-CDF), National Government Affirmative Action Fund (NGAAF) or Uwezo Fund. In terms of real jobs, they do not get employed easily. There is also a case I know of a lady living with disability. She was expectant when she appeared for an interview and so, she never got a chance to be employed even though she qualified for the job. As I said earlier, the problem we have is the very fact that we do not give an opportunity to people living with disabilities because we are negative towards them. We stigmatise and do not include them in serious employment. We only give them positions where they are just members and they get some little allowances here and there. We do not give them serious employment. This is an attitude of the mind. I think it is high time we started sensitising the community and employment firms to employ people living with disabilities. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me this opportunity. I support this Report."
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"content": " Hon. Beatrice, followed by the Hon. Yussuf Mohamed."
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"content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I also rise to appreciate the Committee and thank them for a Report that gives us an outlook of how we deal with our brothers and sisters with special needs. It is the role of Government to ensure it creates a friendly environment and integrates special equipment that are designed to empower individuals with disabilities. Article 27 of the Constitution entitles every person to equality and more importantly to no discrimination, both direct and indirect. That is why we have different laws and a policy on how to manage this sector. People living with disabilities come from different cultural, educational, or social backgrounds. Therefore, it is important for us to know that their equal opportunities go beyond hiring them. It is not just about being born disabled. In life, we have seen people who were born able but a few years later, something happens to them and they find themselves living with a disability. Therefore, it is important for the Government to have a clear policy on job retention, especially when one acquires a disability while they are employed. Looking at the Report, I appreciate Article 54 of the Constitution which entitles persons with disabilities access to the different devices that we are talking about. As we talk about the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner, this is a very crucial commission and if they do not have data about people living with disabilities, I wonder what work they are doing? Looking at the recommendations of the Committee, I must appreciate that they have put timelines. I hope institutions will be bound by those timelines and implement the recommendations. There is no need for us to speak a lot of English, that is, kuzungumzaKizungu mingi, and then we find ourselves facing the same challenges. The Committee has recommended that within six months of the adoption of this Report, the National Council for Persons with Disabilities (NCPWD), in consultation with other stakeholders, should come up 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": "with proposals aimed at reviewing the Persons with Disability Act. This is very critical because you find many people living with disabilities headed for registration, but they are taken around in circles. As I finalise, the most important thing all Government institutions and the private sector can do for this country is to look at the recommendations in this Report and try their best to adopt and implement them. Hon. Temporary Speaker, with those few remarks, I beg to support."
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"content": " Member for Wajir West."
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"speaker_name": "Wajir West, ODM",
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"content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to contribute. First and foremost, I thank the Chairman of the Select Committee on National Cohesion and Equal Opportunity, Hon. Yussuf Adan Haji, for bringing this Report. He is bold enough to come up with these recommendations. They will help the most disadvantaged persons in society. Everyone in this House has a person with disability in the society or family. It is very painful when we have those people who need more care, in terms of resources, but nobody cares about them. It is unfortunate to see that institutions in this country do not follow the law. The Report shows that out of all the institutions that appeared before the Committee, none of them has complied with Article 54 (2) of the Constitution of Kenya, 2010. It is high time this House becomes bold enough and takes the necessary action against anybody who violates the Constitution and other laws of this land. The PWDs mostly need extra care, attention and resources. They are not like us who can move from one place to another to access services. Therefore, it is important that they get jobs and any other support that they need, so that their needs are taken care of. The Committee did a great job. They came up with several recommendations that must be implemented. I support this Motion and confirm my unsolicited support for the seven recommendations in the Report. For example, the second recommendation states that within six months of the adoption of this Report, the National Council for Persons with Disabilities (NCPWD) should initiate the amendment of Persons with Disabilities, Act, 2003, to align it with Article 54 (2) of the Constitution. This will cure many ills in this country. If this is done, many people will benefit. I request Members to adopt this Report and support the Committee’s recommendations, so that the PWDs are taken care of. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker."
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"content": " Member for West Pokot County followed by Hon. Lilian Gogo. Member for West Pokot County, Hon. Rael Kasiwai. She is not in the House."
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"content": "Order, Hon. Members. In this case, the opportunity goes to Hon. Lilian Gogo, followed by the Member for Elgeyo Marakwet County."
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