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    "id": 1192044,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Mumma",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I rise to support the statement by Sen. Crystal Asige. I happen to be a parent of a child with a severe disability. I would like to confirm that children with disabilities have difficulties being included in education in this country. For children with severe disabilities, it is even worse. Parents have to come together sometimes, and come up with their own institutions because we do not have public institutions to provide for them. The missionaries and private actors, including non-state actors and Non-Governmental Organisation (NGOs) have built more schools for persons with disabilities than our own Government has done. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the rights of PWDs are anchored in the laws of this country as well as the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, which we ratified. In fact, Kenya participated in the development of that law. Kenya was one of the countries that was at the forefront in shaping that convention. That Convention provides for inclusive education. This means that the design of the education, pedagogy, teaching, the training of teachers, the provision of the infrastructure in the schools and also the infrastructure in public spaces is supposed to be inclusive. However, we have failed to implement inclusive provisions in regard to Persons with Disability (PWDs) I thank Sen. Asige and urge that Committee together with the Committee that is in charge of implementation of treaties and agreements, to use the law that we have, which is very good; and hold accountable both the Ministry and even the county governments. This is because both have some infrastructure of the sort that they develop and is supposed to be accessed by the public. I support."
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