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    "id": 1098506,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cherargei",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13217,
        "legal_name": "Cherarkey K Samson",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the Constitution is very clear that nothing should limit access to justice. I want to thank you for that. As a legal practitioner, I can say to you that it is important. People who are deaf sometimes look for justice. However, because they cannot listen and understand what is happening - let me not use the word understand - they sometimes are not accessible to justice. That is why we are challenging that we need the Judiciary to take up this matter and ensure we have interpreters and people of sign language in our courts so that it becomes easy. Secondly, I am happy she has indicated in this Bill that we need a registered interpreter and a person who knows sign language, because there are people who can do this job. I wish we had a list. In fact, I know it is now being offered in many universities. I challenge young people to take these courses. They should be part of it so that it becomes easier. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, in conclusion, because we want to allow our colleague to reply, it is finally on the career development. I do not know the place of this in Competency Based Curriculum (CBC). Nowadays it is funny with this CBC, because they tell your child to bring a picture of what they ate in the evening at home. I hope in this career development where we have sign language interpreters, we should include them in the curriculum development going into the future. They can work with Ministry of Education. I can see CBC apart from being expensive, it has become inconvenient to most of the parents that we are talking about. I hope in the place of career development, we should develop the strategy that is in place. This is so that it does not become a problem like CBC. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, apart from CBC being inconvenient, it is very expensive. You have heard many parents complaining on the order of things. Sometimes they can even tell your child - I talked with some parents today in the morning - to bring a picture of a mosquito resting. How can you take a picture of a mosquito resting? These are challenges that we are facing. I hope with this career development we should have a clear, short, precise, and brief curriculum development for the sign language interpreters in this Republic. I wish my sister all the best when it comes to division. We shall support it. I want to say that in Nandi County - before I forget with all due respect - we have the school for the deaf in Kapsabet. Most of those schools do not get support. I hope with such a Bill in place, some of the schools will be funded so that our schools like Kapsabet School for the Deaf can have opportunity to grow their careers. I thank you so much."
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