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    "id": 1145580,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Chepalungu, CCM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Gideon Koske",
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        "legal_name": "Gideon Kimutai Koske",
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    "content": " Hon. Chairman, I beg to move: THAT, Clause 18 of the Bill be amended— (a) in sub clause (1) by deleting the words “and free primary and secondary”; (b) in sub clause (5) by inserting the “basic” immediately after the word “compulsory”; (c) in sub clause (8) (c) (ii) by deleting the word “development of a least restrictive environment by” (d) in sub clause (8) (c) (v) by deleting the word “adoptive” and substituting therefor the word “adaptive” (e) by inserting the following new sub-clause immediately after sub-clause (9)— (9A) \"Each learner with disability including an intellectual disability has a right to be assessed and be placed in an appropriate learning institution in accordance with the outcome of the assessment\". Hon. Chairman, the amendment to sub-clause (1) and sub-clause (5) tends to remove the ambiguity and brings clarity to the right to education now that every person with disability has the right to access quality education at all levels of education; that is basic, secondary and tertiary. Secondly, that every child with disability has the right to free and compulsory basic education. The amendment in Clause 8(c) (2) deletes the superfluous phrase as the clause can stand alone without this phrase. The amendment in Clause 8(c) (5) corrects the term used, that is, by replacing the word “adoptive” with “adaptive”. The reason is that adaptive means adjusting to given circumstances and in the context of this clause, it is the intended word. The new sub-clause 9A seeks to require an assessment to be carried out in order to place children with mental/intellectual disabilities in appropriate learning institutions. Many learners with disabilities have delayed milestones and need appropriate placements so that they can benefit from education offered from formative stages and advance themselves."
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