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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kwanza, FORD-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Ferdinand Wanyonyi",
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    "content": " Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker for giving me this opportunity. At the outset, I stand to support this Motion. First and foremost, disability is not inability or sickness. When one is disabled, it does not mean they are unable. One can do quite a number of things because they are not sick, but physically disabled. We have all witnessed in our lives that those people are God’s creation. For example, in my constituency, I have hired two disabled fellows and they are very hardworking and sharp. If I have something that I want to be done, I normally send them. Therefore, disability is not inability or sickness. They should be given equal opportunity to work. Secondly, there are people who discriminate against them. Just because somebody is disabled or is in a wheel chair, they cannot employ them; while that person has the ability to work even better than a managing director! People should know that it does not matter if somebody is disabled, because most of those people are very sharp. In my family, there is a disabled person and he is doing very well as a teacher. Above all, his children are very sharp. In fact, one child is undertaking a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Degree, while another got an opportunity to work in Germany. When you look at their father, you cannot believe that those are his children. As much as God has not given them the ability to do one or two things physically, those people are very sharp. This Report has come at the right time. We want to take this opportunity to encourage institutions, schools and other areas to provide ramps for the persons with disability. The engineers should construct ramps for persons with disability to enable them to enjoy with the rest. There was a time I gave a contractor a contract to build a storey building for a secondary school, but he did not make a provision for persons with disability. I told him that although we 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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