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    "content": "with disabilities in Kenya as per the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. The review was specifically aimed at:- (i)Evaluating the Persons with Disabilities Act in order to establish the extent to which it conforms to the international standards. (ii)Mainstreaming and integrating disability issues in domestic legislation. (iii)Recommending ways for harmonizing the Act with other domestic legislation. (iv)Recommending any necessary institutional reforms and amendments. (v)Recommending ways for the effective implementation of the Persons with Disabilities Act (2003). Mr. Speaker, Sir, the process has culminated in a draft amendment Bill which is currently with the Attorney-General awaiting tabling in the Cabinet and finally in Parliament. Besides this, I give my assurance that those outstanding sections of the Act which fall under my docket are in the process of being gazetted. On the same note, I will continue to collaborate with the various other authorities with the view to ensuring the gazettement of those sections of the Act under their jurisdiction in order to ensure the complete operationalization of the Act."
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