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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Okiya Omtatah",
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    "content": "I congratulate Sen. Crystal Asige for this very brilliant Bill. I look forward to seeing it enacted into a law that will move us forward. I hope it will lead to the implementation of the Constitution of Kenya, which has faced a lot of challenges in its implementation, sometimes because of the negligence of those who are supposed to implement it; sometimes because of the incompetence of those who are supposed to implement it and sometimes because of outright sabotage by those who are supposed to implement it. Our Constitution is a very good document. It covers very many sectors and it is by coming up to implement chapter by chapter, inch by inch, that we shall have this Constitution being the foundation of our national creed, that “justice be our shield and defender.” So, this Bill is well-deserved; this Bill is well written; this Bill is timely and this Bill is a necessary installment in the laws of Kenya. I pray that it will pass and become an Act of Parliament but with the various amendments here and there to tighten it, to ensure that it is comprehensive to ensure that it leaves nobody behind; to ensure that the State is held accountable for every individual person with a disability. This will ensure that every person with disability is taken care of, not as a statistical number but as an individual. Sometimes, we might go into statistics and may begin using percentages and say that this percentage of people with disability have been catered for. That, to me, will not be acceptable. The Bill must ensure that each individual person with disability is taken care of and nobody falls through the cracks. With those few remarks, I support the Bill and I thank you most profusely for the opportunity to address this august House. I thank you."
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