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    "id": 1161897,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Mwaura",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Isaac Maigua Mwaura",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I beg to move that The Persons with Disabilities (Amendment) Bill (Senate Bills No. 29 of 2020) be now read a Second Time. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, this is a very important Bill. It seeks to amend the current Act No.14 of 2003, to among others ensure that persons with disabilities are well taken care of in relation to the Constitution of the Republic of Kenya and also the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). This is an international treaty that Kenya was very quick accede to in 2006. From the chronological record of events, we had a Bill that was passed in 2003 and it went through various piece meal amendments. For example, I was able to push through in the National Assembly for the Kenya Sign Language to be equated to English and Kiswahili in areas of equivalence and examination. That has been useful. That is why you see the sign language on television and national events. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the Act is very archaic and there are many provisions that have not been implemented. For example, I have just come from visiting a social inclusion exercise. It is a restaurant somewhere in Kileleshwa that employs Persons with Disabilities (PwDs), for example, people with albinism, deaf, and all those kind of people. However, Sections 15 and 16 of the Act provides for tax rebates that have not been enjoyed by them. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the definition of disability has not been well anchored. The way the 2010 Constitution defined PwD’s is retrogressive and not progressive in that regard. It makes PwDs to be seen as anybody who is claiming that title. It is extremely important for us to define it in law so that everybody is well-taken"
}