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    "id": 1251864,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Prof.) Kamar",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 33,
        "legal_name": "Margaret Jepkoech Kamar",
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    "content": "We are going to have an institutional board. However, the CEB must facilitate. This is a programme that the Government must fulfil according to the rights as enlisted in the Bill of Rights for the Children. Clause 17 is talking about facilities in institutions providing for special needs education. A person, authority or institution exercising functions under this Act in respect of learners with disability must plan, locate, design, construct, equip, maintain and keep under review facilities intended to be used by learners with disabilities, with due regard to the special capabilities, disabilities and requirements of such learners. This is a very important thing. We must facilitate within the institution because that is one core aim of this Bill. The institutions must be accessible for the children, the children must get reading materials in a manner that they would be able to utilize for their learning. This is a very key thing in this Bill. The Cabinet Secretary shall in addition to the requirements under what I have just read prescribe architectural and other building standard required to be met in the construction of education facilities. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, it took a very long time for Kenyans to have ramps for anybody with a wheel chair. It seems as if many schools made it almost impossible for any child with disability or who is not able to walk to get into the classroom. Therefore, the Cabinet Secretary is in charge of that and I know this has started. Ramps were actually installed in this Parliament when a sitting Member got involved in an accident. That is when we realized that even Parliament did not have a ramp. I think we are in a learning and transition stage. We must provide for that. This Bill is supposed to ensure that the Cabinet Secretary facilitates by ensuring that all buildings can be accessed by everybody and then when it comes to quality, we will also be looking at that."
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