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    "id": 1284518,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wambua",
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        "legal_name": "Enoch Kiio Wambua",
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    "content": "must also find a way of making it an obligation on the Minister for Education when they are doing capitation for schools, to ensure they factor the need to purchase special instructional materials to cater for the needs of our children with difficulties in hearing. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I fully support this Bill. As I conclude, the provisions of Clause 18 which I had made reference to--- In fact, what the promoters of this Bill are saying is that as much as is practically possible, everybody who goes to school needs to be trained in the Kenyan sign language. That is aspirational but a good step. It is a place to begin so that in future, the Kenyan sign language -it will be called Kenyan which means it is uniquely Kenyan- becomes the third official language in this country. That way, we do not need special interpreters of messaging on radio, television and public rallies. If I go to Kakamega County to address a rally, I can easily call any person that has gone to school and tell them to come and translate for the people. Everybody then would have attained sufficient competences for Kenyan sign language. If this Kenyan sign language is our language - which I believe it is - then we must show it by example, begin to teach it in schools and it becomes an examinable subject. With those many remarks, I support the Bill."
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