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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have a comment on this Statement by Sen. Crystal Asige. Sen. Crystal Asige continues to distinguish herself as an indefatigable defender of PWDs or differently gifted persons. As her colleagues, we must continue to commend, support and join her as partners to see persons gifted differently enjoy their rights as enshrined in Article 54(2) of our Constitution. The Constitution expects us to enact legislation and to pursue continuously until such a time as when those persons will be at least five per cent of all elective and appointive bodies in the country. I do not have the statistics right. I may need to check later. I believe that the population of PWDs as a percentage of the entire population is actually higher than that five per cent. Sen. Wamatinga says it is 11 per cent, therefore, even five per cent is just to demand half of what is their rightful share. The Statement that she has brought this afternoon is something that I will follow with keen interest when the Committee on Health returns a report before this House. Hospitals and their health care facilities are facilities that are used by all of us. We must continue to push and demand from the Executive, our county Governments, institutions such as Parliament and all public institutions that they continue to be PWD compliant in their trainings, facilities that are available and wholesomely as an institution. This is, therefore, a very progressive Statement. We must commend and support her. Finally, at the end of last term before this House adjourned sine die, I had sponsored a Bill together with Former Senator (Dr.) Isaac Mwaura that was meant to help PWDs enjoy all their constitutional rights. We had cleaned up the various legislations that exist in the country to ensure that we progressively walk towards achieving this constitutional target. Unfortunately, that Bill lapsed with the lapse of that House of Parliament. I want to encourage Sen. Crystal Asige to get a copy of the particular Bill together with other legislations that we may be working on already. Many of us, myself included,"
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