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    "id": 1089297,
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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": "I know that many persons with disabilities do not know how to start. When county governments are giving people stalls to start businesses, they should allocate some stalls for persons with disabilities. It should be a good percentage so that people living with disabilities will know that county governments are concerned about them. They should also be given some money to start up their businesses. County governments should be mandated to identify persons with disabilities and their talents. Once they do so, they also ensure that they give them a premise where they can do their businesses. It is painful to say on the Floor of this House that I have seen persons with disabilities being bundled in a lorry by City Council people because they do not have money required to hawk their items. This should not happen in a country where we want equality. We should ensure that people living with disabilities are given preference and priority in county governments. A country that takes care of people living with disabilities is credible. Our country is credible, but some people who sit in high positions are insensitive to issues of disability. This is a good Bill that should see the light of day. It will ensure that no persons who leaves university is unemployed. This is because people will start from humble grounds. I saw in the newspaper a graduate of Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT) who started a poultry project and it was doing well. He was able to use the theory that he learnt in the university. I am happy that Sen. Sakaja has clearly brought up that county governments and the national Government should work with universities for the purpose of research. Research is important. It is at the research stage that the lacuna will be sealed and addressed so that the Start-up Bill is sustainable. We are looking at 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). They cannot be sustainable if they are not propelled to be sustainable. Madam Deputy Speaker, JKUAT has a way of ensuring that there is growth of mushrooms. When people are taken through classes and are given the capital, they can grow their own mushrooms but there have to be an exit plan. So, I do not know whether Sen. Sakaja talked about the exit plan for start-ups so that they have a market for their produce/products. I support this Bill. I pray and believe that it will see the light of the day here and at the National Assembly so that it eventually becomes law."
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