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    "id": 123473,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/123473/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Keya",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Gender, Children and Social Development",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 40,
        "legal_name": "Atanas Manyala Keya",
        "slug": "atanas-manyala"
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    "content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. The Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Development has put in place several measures to ensure the compliance with the provisions of the Persons with Disabilities Act (2003). The most important step was the establishment of the National Council for Persons with Disabilities in 2004. In turn, the Council has achieved the following:- (i) Registered 11,120 individual persons with disabilities and 48 organizations of and for persons with disabilities according to Section 7(C) of the Act. (ii) Promoted the employment of persons with disabilities and has continuously advocated their employment in all organizations in an effort towards the realization of the requirement that 5 per cent of the work force should be made of persons with disabilities (Section 13 of the Act). A baseline survey is due to be conducted in the 2009/2010 Financial Year to establish the status of employment of persons with disabilities in both the public and private sectors. (iii) Continuously secured tax relief and duty waivers on materials, articles and equipment modified for the use by persons with disabilities as well as"
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