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    "speaker_name": "Nominated, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Dennitah Ghati",
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    "content": "thank the Committee for their effort in coming up with this Bill. Issues PWDs in this country date back a long time ago. Members of Parliament in this House have PWDs as their voters and constituents. I am happy because we are talking about persons who live in our constituencies and wards, and who vote to keep us here as Members of parliament. I support the fact that the Committee thought it wise to repeal the Persons with Disabilities Act so as to strengthen it. I am conversant with the Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) Act of 2003. As you are aware, I am a candidate of disability. I have first-hand seen how PWDs in this country and the world are treated than any other persons. I am here to support this Bill because I represent PWDs, and in my capacity as the President of the Commonwealth Parliamentarians with Disabilities Network in this House. As a country, we are doing well. We are trained comparatively on matters disability. I want to applaud this country on the amount of work that we have done. The challenges that continue to face PWDs start with the mere fact that accessibility continues to become a problem. Unless you are disabled in this country, you will not understand what it means to look for accessibility. I am happy that this Bill is seeking to talk about accessibility. Accessibility is not just about physical access into a building, but it is also about information and any form of accessibility that we may want to access. I am happy that this Bill is seeking to address what we have been having in terms of the challenges of accessibility."
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