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    "id": 1034422,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1034422/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nominated, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. David ole Sankok",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 845,
        "legal_name": "Halima Yussuf Mucheke",
        "slug": "halima-yussuf-mucheke"
    },
    "content": "PWDs. We have to put measures in place to make sure that in any case, you are comfortable. When she joined my club of PWDs, she was already the Woman Representative for Migori County. She has achieved a lot while on that wheelchair. She did a Voluntary Counselling and Testing (VCT) centre in Awendo and HIV Testing and Counselling (HTC) Centre in Kuria East while on a wheelchair. There is ability beyond disability. She was able to achieve all this because she was enabled. That is why today we have a Motion to try and make sure that we have enabled our Members back in our villages so that they can also achieve the way Hon. Dennitah has. I implore upon the people of Kuria East and Migori in general to consider giving an opportunity to Hon. Dennitah to be re-elected in 2022 so that she can complete the journey she has started while on a wheelchair. In this 20th Century, we still have PWDs crawling in our streets. Some still crawl to the market as they take their wealth there. They crawl with a bale of mitumba on their heads. We have students who crawl on their toes to the pit latrines in their schools and you know how dirty they can be. They will then use the same arms that have been soiled to eat food. Their self-esteem is diminished. When they go to class, it is very difficult for them to cope or adjust. We also have PWDs who crawl in day schools. That is because they lack Kshs1,500 to buy a set of crutches. They will crawl to school under rain and sunny conditions. The first lesson is to dry up before you start understanding what is being taught. The situation is pathetic. That is why Hon. Dennitah decided that we have to provide those assistive devices because they are essential. You do not buy your legs. Let us also have the PWDs move without necessarily paying for them because you did not pay for your legs. We have cerebral palsy victims. Those people use pampers at the age of 40 to 50. They need essential equipment. Mothers have been divorced simply because they have disabled children. Mothers cannot go for the so-called kibarua because they have to take care of their cerebral palsy or autistic children. I can give an example of a cerebral palsy child in my constituency. The mother decided to go for kibarua and left the child under a tree. Some rabies-infected dogs came and took away the private parts of that boy. We took him to Kijabe Mission Hospital. Sometimes, we are emotional. A disabled person, Ben Mbusia, was detained and locked in a sheep pen for more than 10 years. It was all over the media when I rescued him. He was weighing 11 kilogrammes at the age of 16. We had to start by weaning him with normal food. The boy is at Mama Ngina Children’s Home. We become emotional when we talk about PWDs. We are requesting this House to pass a Bill so that the Government and the NHIF can cover on assistive devices. If the NHIF can cover for diabetic drugs that cost Kshs10,000 per month, what about an assistive device of Kshs1,500 that can assist a PWDs for a whole year? Each health centre can provide PWDs with assistive devices because they already know who they have in that particular health centre. We thank President Uhuru for what he has achieved so far in advocating for PWDs rights. Poor access to Government procurement …"
}