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    "id": 1511618,
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    "speaker_name": "Thika Town, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Alice Ng’ang’a",
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    "content": "Committee of the whole House, there is an amendment I will propose which is very important. I will propose exemption from taxation for machines, aids and equipment for children with disabilities in the Persons with Disabilities Bill. Currently, it is only adults’ devices which are exempted from taxation. This has been a challenge for families and other caregivers like institutions to buy children’s equipment with duty or without tax exemption. Special equipment and supplements for children mostly come from outside the country. They are expensive. Therefore, any additional duty or taxation on the products or equipment makes them to be out of reach for children with special needs like those of cerebral palsy, autism and other forms of disability. I would therefore, request that when we go for the Third Reading, Members who have amendments should come forward so that we can make this Bill good for this country, and for the PWDs. Hon. Temporary Speaker, I beg to reply."
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