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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Crystal Asige",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. As I was saying to print a piece of paper, it costs about Kshs2 to Kshs5. However, for a braille reader to get braille paper costs about Kshs2,000. However, all of us need to read and write. I talked of innovations in this House that have been put into the market because of solutions for PwDs. One of those innovations is the keyboard. The keyboard was created as a solution for visually impaired persons to be able to write and go about their learning. There are many other innovations like this that have come as a solution to the problems that PwDs face. Madam Temporary Speaker, this Bill also offers solutions to PwDs in this country. Unfortunately, the 2003 Act is not in line with the Constitution we adhere to today. It should never have to be incumbent on somebody experiencing a disability to understand that it is important for those provisions to be made and frameworks to be put in place to support PwDs in this country. That is all this Bill is trying to do. Technologies and designs have moved forward since 2003. Universal access has moved mountains, lips and bounds since 2003. Unfortunately, that Act does not mirror what we, PwDs, need today. As this Bill, hopefully, moves past its Second Reading and Third Reading and over to the National Assembly, it will continue to be known and appreciated that PwDs right now do not have any legal framework that is in line with the Constitution for them to fall back on. Right now, we have no security as it stands. Madam Temporary Speaker, all that this Bill requests is to give PwDs security in the country we live in and call home. Access, freedoms and rights should not only be provided for non-disabled person but for PwDs in the country. I thank the Senators who have been kind enough to support the Bill and those who - as I was drafting it - gave their ideas and contributions and will continue to do so. I now beg to reply. Madam Temporary Speaker, I request your indulgence pursuant to Standing Order No.63(3) to defer the vote on this Bill. Thank you. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard Services,Senate."
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