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    "id": 1251884,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Prof.) Kamar",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Margaret Jepkoech Kamar",
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    "content": "visiting some institutions in Eldoret next week, I visited a school which is integrated with Albinism and the visually impaired persons. The shocker was to have a teacher who does not see completely teaching a whole class. He was teaching students and writing on the board. He already knows the dimensions of the board and he was teaching a class. It was fantastic. I felt really moved by that. We just do not know the potential of these people. Otherwise, we would have taken care of them from when they were babies. When you have a SNERC, it is a place for us to educate one another and to have teachers. We should also have physiotherapy services so that during holidays, children can be taken there for play, exercises and physiotherapy. That also gives parents freedom to do other things. Clause 25 is on Infrastructure. I believe I had mentioned that the Cabinet Secretary must ensure that there is adequate infrastructure; toilets and accessible rooms that are disability friendly. That is the right of this child. You cannot compare. If I have to give them one Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) exam, we must make sure that they are also provided for. Provision for materials and equipment is under Clause 26. You cannot ask parents to buy braille or special books for their children. The Government must provide them because this is part of the package that is in Article 53 of the Constitution. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, we also provided for the establishment of county coordinating mechanisms under Clause 27. Under Clause 28, we provided for the training of non-teaching staff. Non-teaching staff in the institution must be trained and re-trained both on attitude and on the way they care for these children. This is because they need more patience. What we are really impressed with, for those of us who have been interacting in these schools, is that Kenya Institute of Special Education (KISE) has trained teachers who are fantastic. The way they handle their children and the patience they have with them is amazing. Part VI is on Development and Facilitation of Special Needs Education. The section is dealing with what the Cabinet Secretary must do to facilitate registration of education institutions. As I said, he must ensure there is an inspection so that they provide for all the required amenities and facilities. On an annual basis, it is expected that the Cabinet Secretary must provide sufficient information to registered institutions to enable them prepare their budgets and for the same children. In fact, in Clause 30, we are saying that funding of special education must be done right from pre-unit to the university. We are proposing that the Cabinet Secretary shall determine the funding procedures, provisions and minimum standards and the funding provision that should be done by Government. Where funding is provided for an education institution the Cabinet Secretary may attach conditions as to the use of such funds so that funding that is earmarked for children with disabilities is not mixed with any other funding or pushed aside. We want to make sure that there is a dedication of this funding to special children."
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