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    "id": 1251935,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cherarkey",
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        "legal_name": "Cherarkey K Samson",
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    "content": "support. I do not want to name the family, but I once visited them after campus and later realized they had a child with disability. The child had mental issues and they kept him away from other people. That is unfair. I challenge the Ministry of Interior and Coordination of National Government and the Ministry of Education to give 100 per cent transition using chiefs to ensure all children attend school. In the spirit of this Bill, the chiefs should be ordered to conduct a census and ensure any child who is differently abled, is taken to school. It is the law. As much as we are pushing for 100 per cent transition rate, we should also ask the chiefs, National Government Administrative Officers (NGAO) and the Ministry of Interior and Coordination of National Government to conduct census for most of these children. Parents should be proud. These are just children who are unique. You cannot imagine that Sen. Crystal Asige is the champion of PWD. She is in the creative world. When you are relaxing with your family, listen to that song and you shall really appreciate what she has done. She has a wonderful voice. Many people would have assumed that Sen. Crystal Asige should not get education simply because she is a PwD. She is doing marvelous. She is a Senator of the Republic of Kenya. I thank the party that nominated her. This is something that cannot go without notice. I congratulate her party for nominating her. I have five points. The third is that we need the Data Protection Act, which is in place. We have the census. Let us ensure that we identify and prioritize it. The Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) could tell us which particular persons have a child with disability, so that we can offer some of this support. I am surprised that there are Kenyans who are PwDs, but do not have PwDs card. Can you imagine? When it comes to registering wazee for their monthly stipend, the chiefs are ordered to do so. I am looking for a situation where the National Council of Persons with Disability will be directed to ensure that all PWDs have a PWD card. Sometimes I see people complicating the process. If somebody is a PWD, what other evidence do you need to see so that you can give them the card? Sen. Wambua, Sen. (Prof) Kamar and a number of colleagues in this Chamber can remember that in the last Senate I was a temporary PWD. It is not a preserve of a few individuals; others get it through accidents. Clause 5 of the Bill proposes that every learner with disability shall have the right to access all school buildings and facilities with ease. The Disability Act of 2003 was critical; this Act was intertwined with the 2010 Constitution. We need to push for the training of teachers on how to handle to PWD children, and I know this has been addressed in the Bill. In Nandi we have the Kapsabet School for the Deaf and small homes which the Catholic Church is sponsoring. I know other churches are also sponsoring some of these organizations. We should not leave PWD children to the mercy of charity. Somebody somewhere in USA fundraises to come and take care of our PWD children. Which society are we?"
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