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"content": "With those few remarks, I support this Motion. I encourage its Mover, Hon. Dorothy, to make it into a Bill. She will have the support of this House. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker."
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"content": " Member for Dagoretti North."
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"speaker_title": "Hon. Beatrice Elachi",
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"content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I rise to support this Motion and appreciate our sister, Hon. Dorothy, for bringing it. I also thank all the schools that have children with special needs and the work they do every day."
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"content": "We know the definition of caregivers and what they go through. The most important things we have to understand is what drains them: Time management and financial strains. When you listen to their demands, they take immense time to take care of persons with severe disabilities. They end up resigning from their jobs and sacrificing a lot of what they wish to do. Therefore, as we are talking about this Motion, we have to ask ourselves how we should support parents. Imagine a caregiver who is a mother who questions God, but there are no answers. He knows the purpose. As a human being, you cannot understand. First of all, you are deprived of sleep because you have to take care of the person with severe disabilities 24/7. You have to ensure you have medication. If you do not have it, it means you have no finances."
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"speaker_name": "Dagoretti North, ODM",
"speaker_title": "Hon. Beatrice Elachi",
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"content": "It is very sad to see that capitation in the education sector was reduced. We also reduced the money allocated to the education sector in the budget. We did not think of reducing it and then we take it to the schools with children with special needs. Therefore, it is something we have to re-look into. When we shall appropriate funds in the budget, we will look at those finances properly. We shall start appropriating a vote for schools with children who have special needs. Even if you tell parents to take children in a school where things do not function, what about the ones who are grown-ups? What happens to those parents? I know they go through a lot psychologically and emotionally. In this new shift that we are bringing in healthcare, I wish the Government could have a special medical card to assist the caregiver and person who is being taken care of. The needs of persons with disabilities (PWDs) are beyond the needs of able-bodied persons who can walk into a hospital to be treated once in a while. Persons with disabilities have to be in hospital 24/7. I saw on television yesterday a man who has lived in India with his daughter for three years while undergoing kidney treatment. In the end, the National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF) stopped sponsoring them. I wondered where the Kenyan Government was. We are just coming up with structures like buildings. What did God mean for humans? Where are we? Can we come up with a fund that will take care of PWDs? We come up with funds for everything as a country. Why not come up with a fund for caregivers of special needs children? That is where the rubber meets the road. It is very sad because I see we are about to get Ksh72 billion for affordable housing. It is good and important, but who will live in those houses if the human beings have already died? Is it fair? We have to build both. We must construct good schools for our children, including special needs schools, which must be the best. Finally, I want to thank Jacaranda Special School, which is among the best special needs schools in the country. The work the principal has done there is the kind of work that I beg the Government, through the Ministry of Education, to do. They removed capitation but we should bring it back for children with special needs. With those few remarks, I beg to support the Motion."
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"speaker_name": "Hon. David Ochieng’",
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"content": " Members, I wish to welcome student leaders from Kenyatta University who are seated in the Speakers’ Gallery this afternoon. I also wish to extend my condolences to them and to their school for the loss of their colleagues in a tragic accident that happened on Monday, 17th March 2024 at the Coast. They are welcome to follow our proceedings this afternoon. Hon. Baya. 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": "Kilifi North, UDA",
"speaker_title": "Hon. Owen Baya",
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"content": " Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me this opportunity. I want to join you in officially welcoming the student leaders from the mighty Kenyatta University to this august House. The Kenyatta University is my alma mater. I went to Kenyatta University in the 1991/1992 Academic Year."
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"speaker_name": "Hon. David Ochieng’",
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"content": " Say that again for the sake of Hon. Mayaka."
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"speaker_name": "Kilifi North, UDA",
"speaker_title": "Hon. Owen Baya",
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"content": " Yes. She thinks I am her age mate. I joined Kenyatta University in the 1991/1992 Academic Year. I joined in September and I graduated in 1996 with a Second-Class Honours Degree Upper Division in Education (English/Literature) then. I went back to Kenyatta University in 2004 to do a Master’s Degree in Education (Economics and Planning). I graduated in 2007 with a master’s degree in that area. I also did part-time jobs in teaching, research and marking under Prof Gravenia. I do not know whether Prof. Gravenia is still there. I was at Kenyatta University under three Vice-Chancellors, namely, Prof. Gachagua, Prof. Eshiwani and then the lady professor, Prof. Olive Mugenda. I am an alumnus of KenyattaUniversity, where I honed my skills in many areas. I am a proud alumnus of the university . More importantly, I want to join the Kenyatta University fraternity in mourning the departed in that tragic accident. I also pray that God gives healing to those who are in hospital. I also pray for the whole Kenyatta University community during this time of loss. I pray that God gives you strength and consoles you during this time of grief for the university. I want to thank the administration, led by the Vice-Chancellor of Kenyatta University. He is a good man and I admire the growth in leaps and bounds of Kenyatta University. It is now among the big prestigious institutions. So, welcome and feel at home. Hon. Temporary Speaker, if those students do not have lunch, I request they take lunch at the restaurant on your account. If you do not have an account, I do. So, they can have lunch on my account. Welcome to Parliament and thank you very much."
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