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    "speaker_name": "Dagoretti South, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. John Kiarie",
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    "content": "hawking clothes on the streets. We will have to secure business spaces for people living with disability. I agree with Hon. Wangari that counties have a big function in taking care of people living with disability. As a Bill emanating from the National Assembly, we also have to think at the back of our minds that there are quite a number of functions under the counties. Specifically pointing at education, the national Government takes responsibility for primary and secondary schools. However, early childhood education is domiciled in counties. Tertiary institutions like polytechnics are also domiciled under county functions. Even as we are taking care of these young angels living with disabilities in their primary and secondary schools, we have to remember that early childhood education is critical, especially for people living with disability. It is at this point that they are given their skills for life. The skills might be as basic as potty-training, which might come naturally for able-bodied persons, but for a child born with disability, it might take them a long time to learn some of these basic life skills like potty-training. So, even as we think about what the national Government will do, we will also need to very seriously consider what county functions are and how they interact with this Bill. I would like to end it there and say that this is a Bill I would support any day. I hope I will get the opportunity to make relevant amendments when we get to Third Reading. I appreciate the opportunity to contribute to this very important Bill. Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker."
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