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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve",
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        "legal_name": "Getrude Musuruve Inimah",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for the opportunity. I support this Statement by Sen. Mwaura concerning retirement of Persons with Disabilities (PWD). There is already a policy in place on when PWD should retire. They have five years more. While others retire at 60, they retire at 65. However, in some places, sometimes PWD are required to retire before 65 years. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I also brought a Motion concerning university lecturers with disabilities. Ideally, lecturers retire at the age of 70. So, the policy should cut across. If normal lecturers retire at 70, then lecturers with disabilities should retire at 75. I brought that Motion on the Floor of this House and my colleagues supported me but it has not been implemented. My request is that when this Statement goes to the Committee led by Sen. Sakaja – I know he is keen about issues of disability – they should also go ahead and find out about lecturers with disabilities like Prof. Ndurumo. He is about to retire yet he has not benefited from even an eighth of his intelligence. He has been given a notice that he will retire next year. I hope Sen. Sakaja is going to address the issue of lecturers with disabilities as well because we also need their knowledge. Prof. Ndurumo has a lot of knowledge that we need to tap. When he retires, he will go with that knowledge. Therefore, it will not help us yet we need that knowledge as a nation."
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