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    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve",
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        "legal_name": "Getrude Musuruve Inimah",
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    "content": "I thank the Directorate of Legal Services with Dr. Okello and his team, because they are already working on it. We are progressing very well. I know that Sen. (Prof.) Ongeri will give very valuable input to this Bill. I will consult him as we progress with the Bill. I thank Sen. Were, who has brought out a very important issue, that children with disabilities are hidden. It is a fact. If they are hidden, it becomes very difficult for them to get out of their houses and go to school. She has rightly mentioned that Education Assessment and Research Centers (EARCs) are the right place for children with disabilities. Counties need to take part in that. I thank Sen. Halake so much. She has brought out the issue of the cyclic nature of poverty. Families of PWDs go through the cyclic nature of poverty because they do not have the right education when it comes to job placement when exiting school. They are not able to exit to the world and work. She has brought in a very good perspective of looking at PWDs from a human rights perspective rather than from other paradigms or medical perspectives. She has insisted that when intervention is done, PWDs will have an economic benefit to the country, which is a true statement. I also thank Sen. (Dr.) Milgo for seconding this Motion. I am happy because she has echoed the issue that I brought on board, that EARCs need to be operationalized in counties. She also said that counties need to ensure that no child is left behind. She talked about the right student to teacher ratio and the right education being given to children with disabilities. I am happy because she has also brought in the issue of the International Parliamentary Network of Education (IPNED) where I am the Co-Chair, globally. As we focus on issues of disability, we have to rally parliamentarians. We have to rally the national leadership, county leadership and regional leadership to support this cause of ensuring that children with disabilities have education and their rights. We have to see how to support the fourth Sustainable Development Goal (SDG). We have started a parliamentary network for Kenya. I wrote to the Speaker and explained to him about IPNED. He was really happy about it. I hope that he will give us his blessings so that we have it as a caucus in this country. When we have it as a caucus, we will be in the international map with regard to championing issues of children with disabilities. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I also congratulate and thank my fellow parliamentarians who signed the declaration of IPNED that seeks to support children with disabilities and the child who is farthest behind, so that no one is left behind. During the launch, fellow parliamentarians came and said that they want to run with Agenda Four of the SDG. Globally, education cannot wait. As we talk about issues of the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-190 and education, think for yourself. What is the impact of COVID-19 on children with disabilities? This is a discussion that is hardly talked about, just the way issues of disability are hardly talked about. However, I am happy that when it is brought to the Senate, my fellow Senators run with it and they are the champions of PWDs in this country. The establishment of EARCs is very important. Sen. Halake has mentioned that as we talk about inclusivity in the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI), it should start with"
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