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"content": "behaviours, worrying about the future of the children, anxiety and depression. Caregivers dedicate their lives to caring for these persons. They cannot even undertake civic duties such as voting. For this reason, I urge Members to support this Motion. We should bear in mind that anybody seated in this House can be a candidate of severe disability. Nobody knows when disability will strike. There are people who are involved in accidents and find themselves completely incapacitated. They cannot even do the normal chores that they used to do. As I conclude, I urge the House to support this Motion. We are not only doing this for these children and persons with severe disability but also for our safety. This is because at one stage in life, you may need care and attention from one of your relatives, friends or even spouse. It is dismaying to note that mothers of severely disabled children are sometimes left to take care of them on their own. In most incidents, when men realise that there is a huge burden of taking care of a child with severe disability, they run away. There are unfortunate cases where a mother gives birth to more than one child with severe disability. To alleviate the burden of these children, I urge this House to support this Motion. I ask the Member for Malava, Hon. Malulu Injendi, to second the Motion. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker."
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"content": "(Hon. (Dr) Rachael Nyamai): Hon. Malulu Injendi."
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"content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I rise to…."
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"content": "(Hon. (Dr) Rachael Nyamai): I am sorry, Hon. Malulu Injendi. Please take your seat. Hon. Members, before the Motion is seconded, I would like to recognise students who are seated in the Public Gallery this morning. They are from Kamuwongo Secondary School, Mwingi North, Kitui County; Kieni Secondary School, Subukia, Nakuru County and Lizzie Wanyoike Preparatory School, Ruiru, Kiambu County. You are welcome to observe the proceedings in the National Assembly."
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"content": "Hon. Malulu Injendi, you may proceed to second the Motion."
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"speaker_name": "Malava, ANC",
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"content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I rise to second this Motion. I begin by citing Chapter Four of the Constitution of Kenya, 2010, on the Bill of Rights. Article 43(1)(a, b, c, d, e and f) of the Constitution provides for economic and social rights on six sectors which include health, adequate food of acceptable quality, housing, clean and safe water, social security and education. The people with severe disabilities receive Ksh2,000 every month. We need to ask ourselves whether this amount is sufficient to take care of the rights as cited under Article 43 of the Constitution. It is not sufficient. The Government came up with this amount sometimes back. With the current economic times, we need to review it. Keeping in mind the needs of the caregivers of the persons with severe disabilities, we, as the National Assembly, must persuade ourselves to assist them. You will find that this is full-time employment for most of the people who give the care. They are mostly mothers. If not, it is the children who are supposed to be at school but have been assigned this role. As it happens in my constituency, in most cases these caregivers share the Ksh2,000 with the person who is supposed to benefit from it."
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"content": "For us to ensure that these people live a quality and decent life, when issuing the Ksh2,000 the Government should also consider allocating an amount to the caregivers. I would propose an amount that is higher than this. These are people who work full time and have other responsibilities to take care of while giving this support. Supposing these people are taken into a caregiving institution, it would cost the Government a lot of money, but communities and 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": "families volunteer to take care of these persons. Therefore, we need to give some support to the caregivers so that they can also lead decent lives. Most families that suffer from this are poor ones. They have no other sources of income or people to turn to for help in providing care. Therefore, this is an important time in our country that we should consider giving some money to caregivers. You will realise that the kind of disability we are referring to is so severe that it requires so much care. Part of this care is feeding the persons and assisting during the call of nature. We can only improve the lives of these people when we give them something to ensure they are proud of the kind of work they do to persons with disabilities. It is a moment for us to start empowering families. I am aware of a family in my constituency where a family has six children and all of them are disabled. This is a family that has to take care of these children in terms of needs such as food and education. The Government does not provide for the family at all."
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"content": "Hon. Temporary Speaker, I rise to second this Motion and support Hon. Dorothy Muthoni for coming up with it to ensure that Kenyans enjoy their lives as stipulated in Chapter 3 of the Constitution during this regime. I second."
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