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    "id": 1161939,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Mwaura",
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        "legal_name": "Isaac Maigua Mwaura",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I thank you for this opportunity to reply to my Bill. This Bill has been extremely timely in ensuring that we have it on board. I want to thank Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve. She is my comrade. We have fought this battle with her fully. Officially, we can be called ‘Mr. and Mrs. Disability’ because we are the ones who would shout and parrot and say anything matters disability. We believe in this cause. In any case, we are the shoe wearers. We know it means to be discriminated against directly, indirectly and systematically. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, you remember very well how I was chased out of the Senate like a dog. It was an open clear case of discrimination. I went through hell. I was actually in court for nine months. I was having seven cases; I won five and lost two. I appeared in court over 30 times. There were drones sent to my house to intimidate me. There was a gang of crooks, but I thank God that I survived. Recently, when I was going to Dubai, I realized I had a travel ban against me. The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) had also been told to investigate me. I thank God that I was able to overcome all these through His mighty hand. You can see clearly we were six Senators who were expelled, but five were pardoned. I was the target, but I am very happy as a PwD because I stood for what is right. I stood for what is right because I knew that if you do not fight for equal opportunity for all, you cannot benefit from the equal opportunities for PwDs. Political intrusion of persons with disabilities has not been very easy. Today, I am an MP in the Senate, the first one with disability in both Houses. We started as activists,"
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