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    "id": 1564649,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "The Cabinet Secretary for Labour and Social Protection",
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    "content": "reasonably accommodated in employment and that a portion of available positions be reserved for them. Despite this legal foundation, the law does not explicitly assign enforcement authority to a single entity, creating a gap in accountability. As a result, the State Department for Social Protection and Senior Citizen Affairs, through the NCPWD, has proactively initiated a multi-pronged approach to address this gap and ensure that the Public Service Commission (PSC) assumes a stronger enforcement role, given its constitutional and operational oversight of public sector recruitment. The following measures have been undertaken- (1) The State Department for Social Protection and Senior Citizen Affairs, through the NCPWD, has formally engaged the Public Service Commission to issue circulars requiring all MDAs to submit employment data, specifically indicating the number of PwDs employed. This forms the basis for accountability and tracking progress. (2) A structured partnership between the State Department for Social Protection and Senior Citizen Affairs, through the National Council for Persons with Disabilities and the Public Service Commission is currently under exploration to- (i) Conduct joint disability inclusion audits in public institutions. (ii) Monitor progressive realisation of the five per cent employment threshold. (iii) Integrate disability inclusion indicators into performance appraisals of accounting officers and Human Resource managers in the public sector. There is ongoing work to integrate disability disaggregated employment data within the Unified Human Resource Information System (UHRIS) and to establish linkage with the NCPWD database for real-time compliance monitoring and cross- verification. These steps are part of a broader strategy to transition disability inclusion from a goodwill-based effort to a rights-based, structured and enforceable obligation. Achieving full compliance with the constitutional five per cent employment requirement will require continued commitment and coordinated action across all arms of Government. I submit."
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