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    "id": 1076756,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nominated, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. David ole Sankok",
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        "legal_name": "David Ole Sankok",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I may be very notorious in speaking my mind, but I still plead with the Government in the name of God, do not punish 6.5 million Kenyans with disability because of me. About Kshs250 million has been chopped from the budget of the National Council for Persons with Disability (NCPWD). This is money that goes to wheelchairs. There are Kenyans with disability crawling on our streets. There is a child with disability soiling their hands as he or she crawls into the dirty pit latrines in our primary schools. He or she will use the same hands to eat food. The self-esteem of that child is lowered and passing exams becomes difficult. Now we are chopping Kshs250 million from persons with disabilities. Around Kshs50 million goes to sunscreen lotion to protect people with albinism from the effect of sunrays. For persons with albinism, sunrays cause cancer. We can no longer protect them because the Government has chopped money from the NCPWD. About Kshs30 million that was chopped was intended for school bursaries for children with disabilities. I want to inform the House that as a person with disability, my only option to succeed in life was education. I could not become a shepherd, or a watchman because they would break my other leg that was a bit stable. I could not also pull a cart. My option was probably to study. If one is blind, they could become a lawyer because the lawyers use their brains and mouth. If one is physically disabled, they could become doctor or a politician. Nowadays, to be an MP you need a degree. So, these people need degrees so that they can come here. Since they are physically disabled, they have their mouth and their brain just the same way I have used my mouth 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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