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    "id": 1491079,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1491079/?format=api",
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Olekina",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Ledama Olekina",
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    "content": "we have to extend this issue of disability to be able to define it? How pragmatic can we be to ensure that we achieve what the Constitution has set out? So, as I support this Bill, I challenge my sister to further define disability when it comes to this country. If you go to most counties, buildings are erected. Maybe we might have an expert in Nairobi who can come and say, “before you build this building or before you give out permits or approvals for a building, make sure that building can be accessed by someone who is physically challenged.” I actually do not like using the words “disabled”. I like using the word “challenged” because, I have seen people who are considered by society as being disabled, and they are much capable of doing more things that most of us are not able to do. They can reason out. Some of us who are 100 per cent fit cannot even reason. So, as I support this Bill, I would like to be a bit realistic as well. We are in a society in which we talk too much, but we do nothing. How realistic are we going to be to ensure that at least we can achieve the 5 per cent of all the elected MCAs being people who are disabled? I have looked at Clause 8, the proposed amendment of this, where it says: -"
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