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    "id": 1491168,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Nyamu",
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    "content": "My apologies, Madam Temporary Speaker. I think I will look at your face every time I say that, lest I forget. Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I want from the onset to thank my friend, Sen. Crystal Asige, for this very key amendment to the County Government's Election Laws (Amendment) Bill (Senate Bills No.2 of 2024). I witnessed it firsthand in 2022, how this grey area in the law affected our county assemblies. There is a lady called Miriam Opondo who I was with in the presidential campaign team and we traversed this country, campaigning for this Government. In one of the meetings where the then presidential candidate for Kenya Kwanza, His Excellency William Ruto, who is the current President, had a meeting with Persons Living with Disabilities (PWDs) and he made a promise in front of the whole country that he would nominate Miriam in the County Assembly of Nairobi as an MCA. She made it in our party list. However, when it came to implementation, she did not make it and that was a story across the country in all our counties where PWDs made it to the various party lists, but ended up not being absorbed by IEBC. I remember they even threatened to take legal action. They actually sought legal redress, but that did not end up anywhere. This is because of the grey areas of the laws and that is what Senator Crystal Asige is trying to remedy. This amendment will ensure that we do not derail the disability agenda in the country. When you mainstream the representation of PWDs in the grassroots level, which are our county assemblies, it keeps the disability agenda alive. It mainstreams them in society as envisaged in our Constitution 2010. It is also part of fair democracy that all marginalized groups are represented. So, if we pass this amendment by Sen. Crystal Asige, it will ensure that the people with Disability (PWDs) are guaranteed representation at that very low grassroots level. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."
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