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    "id": 1393026,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Marakwet West, Independent",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Timothy Kipchumba",
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    "content": "I have read the Report and the Committee has noted very well that, out of the 5 per cent that is provided for by the Constitution, only 2.1 per cent of public institutions have complied with that particular constitutional principle. For the remainder of the 2.9 per cent, we must take comprehensive steps as a House and a country to comply with this provision. It is shameful that out of the 39 sampled public institutions, only one institution, the Lake Basin Development Authority, has complied with the 5 per cent threshold. As a country, we are able to take care of those people under the Persons with Disabilities Act, No.14 of 2003 and, therefore, we must re-look into it. It is the legislation that provides clearly for the fundamental rights of PWDs. We must amend the said Act of Parliament and align it with Article 54(2) of the Constitution and have the rights of PWDs clearly outlined, and anchored in the said legal provision. We need a comprehensive report by this Committee on all public institutions before this House outlining the compliance of the minimum threshold of at least, 5 per cent. If that Report is brought before this House, it will inform the amendments to the parent Act, the National Council for Persons Living with Disability Act. I, submit."
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