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    "id": 1034415,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nominated, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Dennitah Ghati",
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    "content": "poverty and this cycle will repeat itself. In this country, PWDs are considered a burden to their families. They cannot move or go to work or anywhere else even to see the city. The other day, the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system was introduced in the country. However, we said that there is no point of a PWD having a wheel chair and yet, they cannot get into the BRT train to go to the city from Kawangware or Kayole. That is a challenge. I am passionate about PWDs. I am now five years old being a disabled woman and a Member of Parliament. I have seen the challenges of PWDs. Some PWDs are confined in rooms with animals. I went to Tharaka-Nithi and I could see, because PWDs have constant persistent needs, they are more often put together with chicken and goats so that they are not seen. What are we not doing right? Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Mahatma Gandhi said that the true measure of any society is determined by how it treats the vulnerable persons in the society. We cannot talk about vulnerable persons without talking about PWDs. They live in our constituencies, wards and villages. Article 100 of the Constitution of Kenya talks about special interest groups. We cannot talk about women and youth and exclude PWDs. We belong there. It is time for Members to recognise the important roles that PWDs play in their constituencies because they live with them. I have been to counties. You will not see any governor who knows what disability is all about. Our budgets do not reach there. In my own understanding, disability is expensive in this country. The cost of a wheelchair is high. The costs of lotions and everything else are high. It is not fair. I served as a Woman Representative for Migori County. I donated 150 wheelchairs to PWDs even though they were not enough. We want to see how we can make disability less expensive for PWDs. The Government should ensure that all those medical assistive devices are available in all our wards, counties and constituencies so that, if a wheelchair of a PWDs breaks down, he or she does not need to come to Nairobi to repair it. Those are challenges that PWDs go through. I beg for a minute more please. This is a passionate topic. For a long time, disability has been seen as a national function. Disability must be devolved because PWDs live in our constituencies. The moment we devolve---"
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