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    "id": 1111224,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1111224/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Yatta, Independent",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Charles Kilonzo",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 46,
        "legal_name": "Charles Mutavi Kilonzo",
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    "content": "disability. The Protocol on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, therefore, buttresses the country’s local legislation. In Kenya we are already ahead of Africa because we have already provided that in the current new Constitution. The two Protocols specifically impose upon member States the duty to submit periodic reports on measures taken for the full realisation of the rights of the two categories. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, we noted as a Committee that the Protocols are consistent with constitutional provisions which provide explicit rights, protections, entitlements and privileges for older persons and persons with disabilities. The Committee again observed that, in relation to financial implications, there will be no further budgetary provisions required because it will be catered for under the normal lining of budgeting. Further, the ministry when engaging us did inform us that they engaged stakeholders and none was left out. The Protocols permit reservations although we have not found any that we need to have. In conclusion, I would want to ask that we support these two Protocols because we all struggle to take care of the old people in the villages. We hardly consider people who are physically challenged. I want to encourage Members to remember to appoint the physically challenged to their various committees. You need to consider the older generation because they also have grievances and they need people to talk on their behalf. Having considered the ratification of the Protocols of the African Charter on Human and People’s Rights on the Rights of Older Persons and the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, the Committee recommends that pursuant to Section 8 of the Treaty Making and Ratification Act, the House approves the ratification of the Protocols. I wish to request Hon. Dido Rasso, who is a ranking Committee Member, to second the Motion."
}