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    "id": 1400670,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Bureti, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kibet Komingoi",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I would like to add my voice to this Motion on provision of safety net for caregivers of PWSDs, which I support. One of the biggest concerns that we have within a section of our population is how to take care of persons with severe disabilities. Families with such persons are unable to work, thus making provisions even more difficult for them. Their engagement in economic activities become very difficult during the times they need to take care of persons with severe disabilities. They need help to take care of such persons clinically and physically. If such persons come from poor families, it becomes a double tragedy for them. This is because they cannot work. Secondly, they have to take care of these people so that they may give dignity to them. The other issue is that these individuals are known. We can enumerate them through the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection. After that, we, as communities, can see what we can do to make these households have a better living. I envisage a situation where we can include them in the Inua Jamii Cash Transfer Programme. That way, they can receive stipend and perhaps hygienic things like diapers. They can also receive assistive devices like wheelchairs and others that can help them in mobility and make sure that they are protected. Another issue is to provide them with medical cover. The envisaged Social Health Insurance Fund (SHIF) that the country is rolling out on 1st July should enumerate such individuals and households to ensure that they receive relevant services from the Government and health institutions in their localities. Together with the county governments, we can enlist them and make provisions for them. We can also provide insurance cover to them so that in times of need, they can access services and be provided with a safety net. The issues should also be expanded to include the elderly or those who find themselves in such conditions due to accidents or incidences that happened in their lives, causing disabilities to them, although they were not born with them. With this, that section of our community and households will live with dignity. When we provide such safety net, their lives will also improve. With those remarks, I support the Motion."
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