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    "id": 1121329,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1121329/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Nyamunga",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Rose Nyamunga Ogendo",
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    "content": "The social model of disability focuses on the social context in which disablement occurs and identifies disability as the product of social disadvantage and exclusion. The purpose of this narrative is to highlight the malfunction nature of disability among people with SCD, which includes physical, psychological and social dimensions. Mr. Speaker, Sir, SCD is caused by a disorder in the hemoglobin component of blood, leading to abnormal sickle hemoglobin. Individuals with SCD exhibit significant morbidity and mortality rates. About 240,000 children in Africa are born each year with SCD, while here in Kenya, it is estimated that 6,000 children are born with the disease, which is a great threat to their physical and cognitive development. In Sub-Saharan Africa, an estimated 50 to 90 per cent of those born with the condition die undiagnosed before their fifth birthday. The recurrent pain and complications caused by the disease can interfere with many aspects of a patient’s life, including education, employment and psychosocial development. The disease is common across Kenya with high disease burden pockets in Western, Nyanza and Coastal regions. In the Western Region, it is estimated that as high as 18 per cent of children are born with a Sickle Cell Trait and 4.5 per cent end up developing SCD."
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