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"speaker_name": "Siaya County, ODM",
"speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr) Christine Ombaka",
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"content": "Some caregivers also need training because some disability cases are too severe that they need to know how to talk to a person with disability. They have to be nice, kind, show love and embrace them so that they feel empowered and accepted. A caregiver should be trained on how to care for a PWD; the kind of services to offer; the kind of food to give them; how to talk to them and how to take care of them in an environment where they live. Apart from ensuring that they have financial support, they also need some training to handle a person living with disability carefully. In conclusion, this is a very good Bill. We need to pass it so that it is implemented as soon as possible because the caregivers are suffering and need to be protected. In some cases, they are not protected together with the people they take care of. They are abused, looked down upon and stigmatised. As caregivers, they need to be given moral, financial and social support. Thank you for giving me this opportunity. I support this Bill. Thank you."
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"speaker_name": "Hon David Ochieng’",
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"content": " Hon. Babu Owino."
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"content": " Thank you very much Hon. Temporary Speaker. Firstly, I rise to support this Motion on providing a safety net for caregivers of persons with severe disabilities by Hon. Dorothy. I also support her consideration for the caregivers who are taking care of PWDs. Hon. Temporary Speaker, disability is not inability. Most of those people are just physically disabled but not spiritually. Gone are the days when PWDs were discriminated against. There was stigma aimed at them. The Kenyan Constitution as promulgated in 2010 in Article 27 protects PWDs by providing for equality and freedom from discrimination. Further, Article 54(1)(e) advocates for access of materials and devices that will help PWDs to be independent. Therefore, caregivers of persons with disabilities do not do any other job for gain but to take care of PWDs. Therefore, it is in the interest of this nation and Kenyans to set aside a good amount of money to pay caregivers of PWDs. Literally, they do not report to their jobs as usual, but they are grounded while taking care of their loved ones. To motivate them and ensure they provide proper services to PWDs, it is very much in order for the Government to set aside a budget so that they are well remunerated. Thank you and God bless you."
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"speaker_name": "Hon David Ochieng’",
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"content": " Hon. Jackson Kosgei."
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"speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr) Jackson Kosgei",
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"content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. At the outset, I support this Motion on providing a safety net for caregivers of persons with severe disabilities. I wish to congratulate the Hon. Member for bringing it to the House. I am one of those who consume the benefits of such a debate even though I am now older than the children. On their behalf, I wish to thank Hon. Members for the kind contributions they have made towards this particular Motion. A caregiver, as known by everyone of us, is a person or sometimes an institution that tends to the very concerns of children, persons with injuries or those who have short-term or long-term disabilities. It could be due to illness, accidents or some other interferences while they were growing up. As one of the Members has said, we appreciate how far Kenya has gone in terms of appreciating disability as a concern in the country and as part of our society over time. Hon. Temporary Speaker, in contributing to this particular Motion, I wish to pay attention to two things. The first one, which has been exhausted by Hon. Members, is the short- term intervention as suggested by the majority in our contributions since this morning. We need the issue of PWDs to be a budgetary item in our national Budget with great attention paid to caregivers in families. They range from families and individuals who have volunteered 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_title": "Hon. (Dr) Jackson Kosgei",
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"content": "themselves to take care of persons with disabilities in various communities. They should be compensated and supported. There is no way we can take care of our people except within the law. Currently, there are various legislative proposals in both the Senate and the National Assembly. Others are by individual Members and others are through Bills sponsored by the Government. Of major attention is the Bill to amend the Persons with Disabilities Act of 2003, which is the main one. I appeal because it has been taken over by the Government. The Ministry of Labour and Social Protection is sponsoring that Bill. I request the Leader of the Majority Party to bring that Bill to the House. I appeal that Parliament harmonises all the proposals into an omnibus Bill so that we can address it, instead of having a scattered approach. I may not have to belabour much about the details that Members have exhausted as we considered it this morning. Finally, the Executive should revisit the census for persons with disability. We have voiced on different platforms that the census of 2019 never took into proper consideration the proper way and approach of carrying out a census in this country. A misleading percentage that will mislead the budgeting process in our country was brought about. I contribute and support the Motion. Thank you for giving me the opportunity."
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"speaker_name": "Hon. David Ochieng’",
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"content": " Thank you. Member for Garissa Township."
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"speaker_name": "Garissa Township, UDA",
"speaker_title": "Hon. Dekow Mohamed",
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"content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me the opportunity to contribute to this Motion. Thank you, Hon. Dorothy, for bringing up this issue. This is a very important Motion. I hope that it will translate into a Bill in the future, the soonest possible. As a society in this country, we have not appreciated the importance of the severely disabled members of our society. We are not just talking about disability but severe disability. We are also talking about the caregivers of those people, whether children or adults. We also have adults with severe disability. As an African society in this country, we understand that it is a taboo to take our parents and the elderly into nursing homes to be taken care of by other people. Therefore, it is important for us as Members of Parliament and leaders in this country to appreciate that fact. That fact will make us understand that those people, especially the elderly who have the same problem as children with severe disabilities, need care at their homes and not in nursing centres. I support this Motion and appreciate the role that has been played by Members of this Parliament. We need to understand and ensure that family members care for our young children and elders with severe disabilities. Those caregivers should be given some salaries or tokens at their homes and not at orphanages and nursing centres. Let us appreciate the fact that those caring for people with severe disabilities are family members. Some are young children."
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"speaker_name": "Garissa Township, UDA",
"speaker_title": "Hon. Dekow Mohamed",
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"content": "Hon. Temporary Speaker, I have cases where families have broken down because a wife leaves her home to go and take care of her parents. This is because of old age or they have severe disabilities. They cannot take care of themselves. We have young children who are forced to drop out of school to take care of their parents, grandparents, brothers and sisters who live with severe disabilities. Therefore, it is important for us, as a country, to consider those caregivers. They should be paid within their homesteads. The children should not be taken to orphanages and other centres."
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"speaker_title": "Hon. Dekow Mohamed",
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"content": "In developed countries like in Europe and United States of America (USA), government employs caregivers and gives them adequate salaries because they are full time jobs. As it has been said by other Members of the House, some of them need training. They need to be trained to understand which care the person with severe disabilities needs. It is important to note that those caregivers also need healthcare insurance covers as well. They should be covered so that they also take care of themselves. They should be given insurance covers for those they are taking care of and themselves. 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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