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    "id": 1251925,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1251925/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Maanzo",
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        "legal_name": "Maanzo Daniel Kitonga",
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    "content": "have a system so that these children or adults can have an opportunity to have an education and other opportunities in life. Most of them can be corrected through surgery and treatment. Many cases have changed. Although, some people have been tilted to believe that when you have a disability and get registered, you are not able to pay taxes and can get a car cheaply. We had a nominated Member in the National Assembly, who is now in the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA), who used to say that he would not want to go and be prayed for in order to walk again because he did not want to lose those benefits. I used to think it was a joke. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, historically, this is a very old issue. It was in the biblical times. Even Jesus healed a number of people with disabilities; a blind person and someone who for 38 good years was unable touch the water in Bethsaida, Jerusalem. He had been there even before Jesus was born. It being a practice of old times, it means disability is as old as people were. Everybody is a candidate for disability. Anybody can become disabled anytime through sickness or accidents. We have to develop a law. It means even if you are an adult and you get disability, you have to learn new skills to survive other the ones you acquired in school or knew all your life. This will go a long way to change the way we perceive People with Disabilities (PWDs) or people who are talented differently. Upon this law, they will be given an opportunity to learn a skill, which they can use to sustain themselves. I am looking forward to when Dennis will go to the university and come back to Kenya. He passed very well in Form Four. He is not able to drive a normal car. I look forward to his wedding and him having a good live and a family. Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for this opportunity. I support."
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