{"id":1251902,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1251902/?format=json","text_counter":353,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. Crystal Asige","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"The Bill stipulates the process of identification and assessment of learners with disabilities, to ensure that every learner has access to education in a manner that is convenient and accessible to them. In 2016, the Special Schools Heads Association of Kenya conducted a study revealing that over 100,000 learners with disabilities were not attending schools in Kenya. Among this group, the largest percentage, more than 35 per cent, consisted of learners with self-care difficulties; followed by those with communication difficulties at 25 per cent; intellectual disability at 10.7 per cent; and visual impairment at 2.8 per cent."}