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    "id": 1037780,
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    "speaker_name": "Suba South, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. John Mbadi",
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        "legal_name": "John Mbadi Ng'ong'o",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Allow me also to congratulate Hon. Dennitah Ghati who is a prominent member of my party. I congratulate her for this appointment to the Commonwealth Parliament. I have attended quite a number of those meetings and I see her contributions. She contributes with much passion on matters of PWDs. I think those who saw it fit to give her this appointment did the right thing in terms of fighting for the rights of persons living with disabilities. I think, as a country, we have not been very considerate to matters pertaining to persons living with disabilities. As we appreciate and fully support the move by BBI, the proposal in the draft amendment to the Constitution of creating four positions for persons living with disabilities, I think we still need to do much more. It is not just about Parliament. Out there in the Public Service and other public appointments. We must treat this as a matter of affirmative action. Sometimes, when we talk of affirmative action, we only talk of gender. There are other factors on affirmative action that we must also take into consideration. I think the progress that we are making in the four positions is laudable. However, we must also, as political parties - and I speak as one chairing one of those major parties in this House - give much more attention to PWDs. They should give more nominations in terms of party tickets for PWDs to contest and win seats, like Hon. Tim Wanyonyi has won his seat twice on the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) ticket and I thank him. I hope he is still going to continue. I think he is eyeing another bigger seat and our party will give him the support that is desirable. Hon. Dennitah Ghati, I must just repeat and agree with Hon. Cecil Mbarire that ODM did not do her a favour. This is a very committed member of our party, very strong personality, even before she got involved in that unfortunate accident. It was in the line of duty. We know the person she was before and the person she is today. She is not of any lesser value to the party. We will still continue to support her. Thank you very much as we wish all PWDs good luck and progress in this important day in our calendar. 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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