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    "content": "(i)Access to employment, services and facilities. (ii)Cost, care, support and maintenance allowance. (iii)National Development Fund (Conduct of business and affairs of the Board of Trustees). Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is extremely encouraging to note that the Government has recently operationalized the National Development Fund for Persons with Disabilities by providing a seed sum of Kshs200 million in the 2009/2010 Budget. This Fund which will be managed by a Board of Trustees under the National Council for Persons with Disabilities will economically empower and provide equipment and facilities for persons with disabilities. The Ministry is in the process of gazetting members of the Board of Trustees comprising representatives of various stakeholders as specified in the Act. Furthermore, the rules and regulations on tax reliefs and exemptions by the Minister for Finance were factored in the 2009/2010 Finance Bill and will therefore, take effect once the Bill is passed. Mr. Speaker, Sir, as much as the Persons with Disabilities Act (2003) seeks to regulate and coordinate all affairs pertaining to disability concerns, it has been found wanting in several areas and thus the need for its review. In this respect, the Act has been reviewed to make it concomitant with international best practices aimed at putting in place a streamlined and universally acceptable basic legislative framework for persons"
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