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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Mwaura",
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        "legal_name": "Isaac Maigua Mwaura",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I hear my friend the Senator of Nairobi City County asking me to do it in Kiswahili, but this one, I had processed in English, just to show that Kiswahili is not for those people who have not gone to school. I rise pursuant to Standing Order No.48(1) to seek a Statement from the Standing Committee on Labour and Social Welfare - of which Sen. Sakaja is the Chair - regarding the national Government’s interventions to cushion persons with developmental disabilities, in line with the Big Four Agenda on Universal Health Coverage (UHC). In the Statement the Committee should - (1)Explain the government’s interventions to cushion persons with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) considering that 1 out of 59 children are born with ASD according to the United Nation’s (UN) Statistics. (2)Explain lack of desegregated data by government on persons who have these developmental disorders despite indications of the prevalence of such disorders being on the rise. (3)Outline the mechanisms put in place by the government if any, to ensure proper early detection and diagnostic framework including suitable qualified healthcare personnel and clinicians and guidelines in order to ensure that persons with ASD are not misdiagnosed as psychiatric cases and wrongfully condemned to mental institutions and; (4)Explain mechanisms of enhancing the amount of monies transferred to persons with ASD as the current Ksh2,000 is way below the monthly needs of these category of persons some of whom require diapers and constant medical attention throughout their lives."
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