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    "id": 136341,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/136341/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Wamalwa",
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        "legal_name": "Eugene Ludovic Wamalwa",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, this is a petition by the Albinism Society of Kenya to the Government of the Republic of Kenya. It is a petition presented by over 300 members of the Albinism Society of Kenya, which was founded in 2006, and it is registered under the Societies Act. The petition has been signed and it bears signatures of over 300 signatories, all persons with albinism. It is a situation that is affecting fellow Kenyans and very little is known about it. Indeed, persons with albinism have been counted amongst persons with disabilities and yet, the Persons with Disabilities Act does not expressly recognize or cater for persons with albinism. There is no legal framework or policy addressing the needs and challenges facing persons with albinism in Kenya, which are unique to them. That particular group of Kenyans has been affected. Recently, in Tanzania, we had ritual killings and violation of human rights of persons with albinism. It is only not just in Kenya, but in the entire East African region. It is also a group that is faced with a skin cancer that is threatening to wipe out persons with albinism in Kenya and across the world. It is the Basal Cell Carcinoma Skin Cancer. It is a humble petition by your petitioners that in the upcoming census, the petitioners are praying that the Government do carry out a census to establish how many persons in Kenya have that condition. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, persons with albinism are also petitioning the Government to bring an Act of Parliament, either by amending the Persons with Disabilities Act, to expressly provide for persons with albinism, or to bring a Persons with Albinism Act, that will specifically cater for the unique needs and protection of persons with albinism in Kenya. Persons with albinism that are suffering from the cancer disease require a specific sunscreen lotion that protects them and yet, it is a lotion that is"
}