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    "id": 1345829,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1345829/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nominated, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr) Jackson Kosgei",
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    "content": " Hon. Deputy Speaker, pursuant to Standing Order 43, on behalf of KEDIPA and the Commonwealth Parliamentarians with Disability Network, I wish to make a Statement on the International Day for Persons with Disabilities. The 2023 International Day of Persons with Disabilities was observed on Sunday, 3rd December. It was observed under the theme “United in Action to Rescue and Achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for, with and by Persons with Disabilities.” It is an annual observance of the international day of disabled persons which was proclaimed in 1992 by the United Nations General Assembly Resolution 47(3). Therefore, KEDIPA joins the rest of the world in observing this very important day. Its observance aims to promote an understanding of disability issues and mobilise support for the dignity, rights and well-being of persons with disabilities. It also seeks to increase awareness of gains to be derived from the integration of persons with disabilities in every aspect of political, social, economic and cultural life. In addition, the day seeks to promote the rights, well-being, and full and equal participation of persons with disabilities at every level of the society and development. It also seeks to urge all countries to take action for the inclusion of persons with disabilities in all aspects of life. According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), over 1.3 billion people, representing approximately 16 per cent of the global population, live with significant disabilities today. According to the Kenya Population and Housing Census in 2019, it is estimated that 2.2 per cent of the population which is 0.9 million people live with some form of disabilities. As elected Members, it is our responsibility to bring the issues affecting persons with disabilities in this House and our committees with a view to ensure that they are addressed. Our commitment to the fulfillment of all human rights for persons with disabilities has been strengthened by the widely ratified Convention on Rights of Persons with Disabilities and by the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Therefore, I call on all parliamentarians, more so my colleagues in KEDIPA, to be disability champions in our respective constituencies. Hon. Deputy Speaker, in ensuring implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, as a House, we have the oversight responsibility, through parliamentary committees’ inquiries, questions to the Executive as well as scrutiny of the national Budget to ensure that they are disability responsive. It is the joint responsibility of the KEDIPA, which I am privileged to belong to, as well as other Members, to make use of these parliamentary tools to ensure that whatever actions needed to be taken to ensure the rights of persons with disability are done. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor"
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