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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Teso South, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Mary Emaase",
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    "content": "Therefore, this Bill speaks of inclusive education, where learners with disabilities can learn alongside their peers with appropriate support. They ought to access basic facilities within these institutions. Even in our budgeting at both national and county governments, I support my colleague who has said we must be very deliberate in our budgeting to ensure that we allocate resources, taking cognisance of the specific needs and disparities within certain areas, especially the marginalised areas. We should even have an affirmative action for marginalised areas so that we can accommodate children with special needs. Hon. Speaker, capacity building is also very critical. This Bill provides that institutions taking care of special needs children and the staff therein must be capacitated enough to take care of the special needs children. We must also be deliberate when it comes to bursaries and ensure that we provide for these special schools. I am happy that this Bill is speaking to all these things. In some areas, parents are still locking children with special needs in their homes. They are not taking them to schools. I am very happy with the teachers in the special schools in my constituency. They get out of the school compounds and visit homes to look for these children and take them to school. It is so that they can also access education. There is a need for us to support these institutions so that the teachers' work is made a little easier and comfortable as they commit themselves to supporting and providing for children with disabilities. I support this Bill."
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