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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Dagoretti North, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Beatrice Elachi",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I also rise to appreciate the Committee and thank them for a Report that gives us an outlook of how we deal with our brothers and sisters with special needs. It is the role of Government to ensure it creates a friendly environment and integrates special equipment that are designed to empower individuals with disabilities. Article 27 of the Constitution entitles every person to equality and more importantly to no discrimination, both direct and indirect. That is why we have different laws and a policy on how to manage this sector. People living with disabilities come from different cultural, educational, or social backgrounds. Therefore, it is important for us to know that their equal opportunities go beyond hiring them. It is not just about being born disabled. In life, we have seen people who were born able but a few years later, something happens to them and they find themselves living with a disability. Therefore, it is important for the Government to have a clear policy on job retention, especially when one acquires a disability while they are employed. Looking at the Report, I appreciate Article 54 of the Constitution which entitles persons with disabilities access to the different devices that we are talking about. As we talk about the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner, this is a very crucial commission and if they do not have data about people living with disabilities, I wonder what work they are doing? Looking at the recommendations of the Committee, I must appreciate that they have put timelines. I hope institutions will be bound by those timelines and implement the recommendations. There is no need for us to speak a lot of English, that is, kuzungumzaKizungu mingi, and then we find ourselves facing the same challenges. The Committee has recommended that within six months of the adoption of this Report, the National Council for Persons with Disabilities (NCPWD), in consultation with other stakeholders, should come up 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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