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    "id": 1151619,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kitui Central, WDM-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr.) Makali Mulu",
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        "legal_name": "Benson Makali Mulu",
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    "content": "I am a believer of integration. Rather than viewing them as different teams, they ought to be integrated into the society. That is why in terms of our education policy, this is an area we have done very well. In our primary schools we do not have different streams for people living with disabilities. They are actually integrated with the rest of the pupils. They go to the same classes as those who are enabled. They do things the same and that way they have a sense of belonging so that they do not see themselves differently. That is another area where we have done well. The other thing we need to look at is how to support those people who are enabled differently. In my own constituency, I have two institutions: A school for the mentally handicapped and one for the deaf. Since they are primary schools, we are unable to support them in terms of what Hon. Tong’i was talking about – the issue of providing them with bursaries or educational support. The only thing we do is support them by providing education infrastructure. However, what I have realised for the time I have been a Member of Parliament for that area is that it is very expensive to keep them in school – much more expensive than ordinary secondary school students – because they have special needs. How I wish, as a House, we could also make provision to use part of our bursary funds to support children who are enabled differently to access education."
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