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    "id": 1161917,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1161917/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Getrude Musuruve Inimah",
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    "content": "As Kenya, we have done much in terms of seeing to it that rights of PwDs are also achieved. This is also enshrined in our Constitution. When you look at Article 54 of the Constitution, it talks about entitlements of PwDs. Some of these entitlements have to do with quality education for PwDs. They also have rights to use braille and sign language. They also have a right to be listened to and live like anybody else. All those rights are in the Constitution. When you look at the mother Act, that is the Persons with Disabilities Act of 2003, it was done before devolution. That means that in the principal Act that is being amended, county governments were not mandated to do anything. This Bill by Sen. Mwaura and Sen. Cheruiyot seeks to recognise the role of the county governments. For service delivery in this country and for everyone to enjoy the fruits of our country, devolution is the way to go. Being a devolved system, this Bill should be passed, so that services can reach every common man who has a disability in all the 47 counties. This Bill seeks to obligate the national Government to have a role when it comes to issues of disability. That should be cascaded to the county governments. This Bill will ensure that county governments do not ignore PwDs or continue to perpetually receive a lot of discrimination where they come from. Some of the discrimination that they get is because of lack of awareness on the part of the employees on how they need to treat PwDs."
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