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    "id": 1418194,
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    "speaker_name": "Marsabit County, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Naomi Waqo",
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    "content": "country. In most African countries, people living with disabilities have suffered in the past in many ways. From the time of their birth or from the time they go through a challenge like an accident and become disabled in one way or another, they are affected in different ways. Educating persons with disabilities has not been easy. It may be easy for those living in urban areas because they have all the facilities they need. In rural areas, where illiteracy levels are quite high, since people do not value education and do not even have enough resources to send every child to school, when it comes to sharing resources and giving priority, persons with disabilities have always been disadvantaged. This leads to very high illiteracy levels, especially in rural areas. Again, as a result of that, unemployment of persons with disabilities is quite high because many of them do not even qualify to be employed because they have not gone through a proper education system. Poverty levels among persons with disabilities are quite high because they do not have jobs to sustains them. As a result, they cannot create enough wealth. Hon. Temporary Speaker, we know that Kenyans work very hard. Some are farmers, others are pastoralists while others do some small businesses to earn their living. However, persons with disabilities have always been disadvantaged because they do not have people to support them with their movement. Additionally, they do not have facilities to enable them become effective in what they want to do. So, poverty levels among persons with disabilities are quite high. As we were growing up, I personally observed the stigma directed at families with persons living with disabilities and people with disabilities themselves. Sometimes, people see disability as a bad omen or a curse and, at other times, people look at people with disabilities as different creatures. Their intentions, the way they look at them and how they treat them is stigmatising and makes them feel bad about themselves. In addition to that, there is a negative attitude towards persons with disabilities in the villages. In urban areas, things are a little better because those who have money can take their disabled child or anybody with disability to a relevant institution. That is not the case in the villages. In rural areas, those people suffer a lot because of the negative attitude that is directed at them. That is why I agree with the recommendations that have been made. They can really help those people because proper data on them will be collected. In return, persons or children with disabilities can be sent to school. Data should be collected for those who are educated so that when job opportunities come up, we can give them relevant..."
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