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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Bore",
    "speaker_title": "The Cabinet Secretary for Labour and Social Protection",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Reuben Kiborek",
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    "content": "In addition, the Bill provides for establishment of disability mainstreaming units which are under Section 73(1)(b), in order to be able to carry out regular inspections to ensure implementation and compliance with the provisions of this Act. Question B is with regard to the measures the Government is taking to ensure compliance with these legal provisions, both in public and private sectors. The Government has taken various measures to implement Section 13 of the PWD Act, No.14 of 2003. The measures are as explained below. 1. Incorporation of the Disability Mainstreaming Performance Indicator in the public performance management framework, under which all Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDA)s are required to track and report on employment of PWD. In the previous years, reports from MDAs were unable to generate the numbers of PWD employed. However, the report for Financial Year 2022/2023 will provide data on the total number of PWD employed during the period under review. However, it is important to note that this indicator has been retired in performance contracting; and will not be used in the coming year beginning this 20th June, 2023/2024. 2. The other measure is that as a result of the incorporation of the indicator in the public performance management framework, awareness of the requirement of Section 13 of the PWD Act No.14 of 2003 as far as the employment of PWD is concerned, has greatly increased. 3. The other measure is that the Government continues to track the number of PWDs employed in all the public institutions, to ensure that public institutions comply with the provisions of this law. 4. The Government, through the National Council for Persons with Disabilities (NCPWD) has developed a career portal to support PWDs to access information and employment opportunities; and connect with potential employers in both public and the private sector. The Council career portal is an artificial intelligence driven portal, that matches registered jobseekers with disabilities to employment opportunities. It matches their qualifications, skills, experience and alerts them through their mobile telephones or emails, thus removing information access barriers. Currently, the portal has registered 5,849 PWDs seeking employment and 431 employers. The employers consist of 378 employers from the public sector, 31 from the private sector and 22 from the civil societies organisations. So far, 322 PWDs have been employed through the portal. This portal was put in place in 2017. 5.) The other measure is that the Government is finalising on the development of the national policy for PWDs, to set out obligations by all employers in the public and private sectors. This is in regard to the employment of PWDs. 6.) Finally, on measures, in March, 2023, the Government through NCPWD, published the Annual Disability Mainstreaming Status Report. The report captures the milestones achieved by MDAs in implementing various parameters of the disability mainstreaming indicator. The report for the Financial Year 2021/2022 was prepared, launched and shared with stakeholders across the public service for the implementation of recommendations. 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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