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"content": "home rental prices, inflation as well as a myriad of other hiked-up costs being experienced by the entire country. Mr. Speaker, Sir, this special interest group must in addition simultaneously bear the burden of independently financing in the best-case scenario, frequently and in the worst-case scenario, life long medical costs, specialized treatment costs, therapy costs, rehabilitation costs, physiotherapy costs, mobility aid costs, digital equipment and technology costs, as well as the extra cost of hiring a fulltime caregiver at times, a sighted guide as I do, a signed language interpreter, special needs educator and in severe cases, the hiring of around-the-clock trained medical nurses to give specialized care to some of these severe and profound cases of disability. The directive by the KRA has deeply concerned me because these people with disabilities are among those who are given some of these tax exemptions and because this directive is very ambiguous in nature and with immediate effect, it was said. Unfortunately, it has no immediate remedies or clarifications as to the scope of the directive and how much it will affect the person whom it falls under. We cannot continue to allow KRA to go without answering these questions we have. Apart from what has been tabled here today, I agree with Sen. Omogeni, that we should summon KRA because there are several questions that we need them to answer regarding counties, regarding this special interest groups, and this matter that has been canvassing the media this week. PWDs across the country, the entire fraternity are asking questions. Are we affected by this directive? How much are we going to be affected by this? What are we supposed to do in the meantime? We have all of the costs that are going to affect us and we have to bear the burden in the meantime, whilst these processes, which we do not know what they are, are being streamlined, whilst these loopholes are being sealed. This is extremely urgent, and I wish that the Chairperson and the team at KRA who put together this directive would be able to come and answer these questions as well. This Government is supposed to offer social protection to PWDs and not allow these types of directives to go across the country and be announced because they end up disabling us even further than we already are. This statement is extremely important not just to me, but to the people who have been calling my phone the entire week and asking questions about what does this mean for us. For purposes of the dignity of people who are living in this country, we all know, any one of us, any one of you, shall I say, because I am ready in this eternity, can join the PWDs fraternity any day. If by some bad luck that happens, I am certain that this will be a priority."
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