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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Mungatana, MGH",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, for this opportunity. First of all, I acknowledge Hon. Machogu for the kind of work he is doing. He has been up and about. We congratulate you. With respect to this Question, the Kenya Institute of Special Education (KISE) carried out a survey of students who have a learning disability. It revealed that 11.4 per cent of students in Kenya have learning disabilities which is lower than the global prevalence which is at 16 per cent. Mr. Deputy Speaker, the question I pause to the Cabinet Secretary is whether the budgetary allocation for special education reflects this reality. Has he allocated sufficient funds for special education, especially for those who have very severe difficulty that they cannot access schools and have to be home-based? I ask this question because last week we were talking about mental health in this very Senate and the negligence that the Ministry of Health (MoH) has shown those living with mental illness. A number of hospitals here were mentioned as having neglected people with mental illness. Now, we are coming to education. We want to know if, with this reality of statistics, the Cabinet Secretary has been able to allocate sufficient funds. As he explains this, I want him to specifically tell us what the Ministry of Education is doing for those people with disabilities in Tana River County. We have not been feeling or seeing them, yet there are many students who are not able to go to school. Life is difficult there. I want to hear what he has to say about allocating sufficient funds."
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