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    "id": 1151627,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1151627/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Navakholo, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Emmanuel Wangwe",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Emmanuel Wangwe",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I rise to support the Persons with Disabilities Bill (National Assembly Bill No.61 of 2021). This Bill is very timely. It is coming to answer the concerns that are enshrined in the Constitution under the Bill of Rights. No constituency, village or area does not have a person with disability. Looking at the timeframe since 2001 to date, we have not been able to correct the Act. The Constitution that was promulgated in 2010 actually took over so much that has been missing in the 2001 Act and the current position. Section 19 (2) emphasises on the position of the employer to make adjustments during the recruitment processes. It is evident that most employers would want to do away with persons with disabilities’ right from the process of recruitment. They would want to use recruitment procedures or requirements to eliminate the chances that any person with disability can be employed. This Bill seeks to correct such issues. It seeks to make sure that any kind of employer who wants to employ people does so based on the provision that at least five per cent of the staff shall be persons with disabilities."
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