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    "id": 1547715,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1547715/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Prof.) Kamar",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 33,
        "legal_name": "Margaret Jepkoech Kamar",
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    "content": "The other one which captured my attention is Clause 66A. Misuse and abuse of PWDs, not only in this country, but world over, cannot be described. At one point, we were told that many PWDs in Nairobi are from Tanzania. Somebody decided that the best thing to do is to bring faces that are not recognizable. So, they went and collected people from Arusha and Dar es Salaam and brought them to this city. It is sad that they use them to collect a lot of money. I am happy with this addition from the National Assembly because this is now becoming more explicit. In implementing this law, we need to make sure that there is a way of catching the thief. We should have a way of identifying these people and asking who brought them. That means that we have to go a step further and regulate who should be in the streets. Should we be having street children in this country? Should we have PWDs begging in the streets in this country? As a country, I think we are rich enough to take care of our people. We need to know exactly where everybody comes from. Perhaps we should insist that everybody should have an identification card so that we can assist them. The aspect of misusing PWDs must come to an end. I congratulate Senator Crystal and the committee for bringing this Bill this far. I think we are just a few steps of having this wonderful law. When the law is there, it will be upon us to make sure that this clause is implemented. For example, a beggar in Nairobi City County from Elgeyo Marakwet must produce a disability identification document. We would like to know where they have come from so that we are able to help them. Better still, it should make us think further. Anybody who is registered with the National Council of Disabilities is entitled to funding from the Government. We should also see that identification document that they are actually getting money from Government. That is the area we should focus on and see if we can enhance so that we do not find anybody with a disability being in the street because that is a responsibility for Government. Mr. Temporary Speaker, we are steps ahead and we are doing well. I support."
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