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    "speaker_name": "Westlands, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Tim Wanyonyi",
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        "legal_name": "Timothy Wanyonyi Wetangula",
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    "content": "Hon. Speaker, one of the issues that still affects us MPs…You can see where we are seated right at the back of Parliament. This is where Members engage in kamukunjis and sometimes we cannot follow the proceedings of the House. Ever since I was elected in 2013, I have been requesting Parliament to make adjustments on our sitting positions, but it has never been done. I hope when we come back from the recess, they would have done something about it so that we can also sit comfortably in a position that is easy to access. Hon. Speaker, even as I dream of one-day sitting where you are seated, to be a Speaker of this House, but I cannot even contemplate how I can get there the way it is today. I know that, as we move forward, because we are trying to remove barriers that limit people with disabilities to participate freely in the development of society and even within their own limits… We know we can do it. I just wanted that Hon. Member to move away so that the Hon. Speaker can listen to me. Hon. Speaker, I was saying there is need to make Parliament more accessible for us even as we go for recess, especially this Chamber, so that when we come back, I can sit where you are seated and preside over the proceedings of this House. That is because I want to be on your Chairman’s Panel next time. I thank you very much for giving me an opportunity. I have been elected twice on this wheel chair and it is not easy. It has always been a double-cost for us. Everything that we do is always a double-cost but we are managing and want to create an enabling environment for us to participate in all activities. I thank you, Hon. Speaker. God bless you."
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