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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Rangwe, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr.) Lilian Gogo",
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    "content": " Thank you so much, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I wonder whether Hon. Kimilu has anything personal against me and the great people whom I represent. If he is jealous, he should talk well to Hon. Temporary Speaker. I believe that I have been in this House for a long time. I thank the Committee for a good Report. I am passionate on matters affecting PWDs. They are the same with those who do not have disabilities. I advise the Committee to also look at the component of people with severe disabilities. This survey was done to find out how institutions comply with the constitutional provision that requires PWDs to be given a certain percentage in employment. However, there are people who are not at the places of employment and they have severe disabilities. As it had earlier been elucidated by Hon. Dorothy Muthoni, the caregivers of such people should also be treated as PWDs. This is because both the caregivers and the people they take care of are not employable. They are PWDs and, at the same time, miss out on chances of being employed by the investigated institutions. That is part of the recommendations. It is high time that our institutions become human. If you are a manager or CEO in an institution, it is important that you think about our brothers and sisters as Kenyans. Somebody must not follow up to find out if the institution or board has given an opportunity to a PWD. It should be invoked within our spirits that we take care of the vulnerable groups in our society. I thank the Committee for the good job. However, moving forward, we should get a system of punishing institutions that do not take care of PWDs or give them equal opportunity. We must have punitive measures. We need to come up with a fine as a way of forcing them to comply. We should not only investigate, give a report and debate on it, but we should also come up with stringent measures. If they do not comply, they should be fined. We also need to extend the application period for PWDs in job advertisements."
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