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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Westlands, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Tim Wanyonyi",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me a chance to speak to this Motion, which I support. The most critical thing with people with severe disabilities are the caregivers. These are the people who sometimes spend most of their time looking after people with severe disabilities. They need serious support so that the other activities they are involved in, like family affairs, are not stalled. What baffles me is that sometimes the way they channel support to these people is very skewed. I believe it can be moved from the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection to the National Council for Persons with Disabilities (NCPWD). This is an agency that is established under law to take care of people with disabilities. I am sure they can do a proper survey, identify people with severe disabilities and disburse these funds to them in a proper way. The other thing I want to speak about is that the way through which people are identified to receive funds is not clear. I have tried, even in my own constituency, to ask how many people receive the cash transfer. However, the statistics are not given out properly. I asked for them from the former Principal Secretary, Mr Nelson Marwa, when he was still in the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection. He named some people. However, when I went to my constituency, I did not identify any of them. Sometimes, the money is not channelled properly. It is a good programme which needs to be structured properly, so that the benefit goes directly to these people. I also hope that they can increase the amount from what they are being given, so that it caters for more needs. This is something that is very critical and essential. The Ministry should 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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