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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Migori County, Independent",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Fatuma Mohammed",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker for giving me the opportunity. I stand to support The Learners with Disabilities Bill (Senate Bill No. 4 of 2023). In my county, we have a school called Kuja Special Secondary School for the Deaf. It is a school that has students of both gender, who are abled differently. Unfortunately, the school cannot access basic needs such as sanitary pads for the girls who are learning there. This is a very good Bill but I hope we will not pass the Bill then shelve it. There are basic needs that disabled students need. Further, the Bill indicates that they should be offered physical therapy, but how about psychological therapy? Because there are some young children not born with any disability who as a result of an accident end up with a disability they cannot cope with. If we do not give them psychological help, we will hinder their pursuit of education and their way of life. The Government should also consider parents of the disabled children and also give them psychological help. The same should be given to the teachers who look after those children because some children can be wild and not peaceful. So, these teachers get stressed and overwhelmed and therefore, also, need psychological support. Most of these children are sexually abused. Sometimes, the school might not even know the child is abused because the child does not have a way of expressing themselves depending on the level of disability. So, it would be good if they have regular assessments to establish if the child is being taken care of because sometimes, the caregivers or even the relatives, are the ones who abuse these children. Assessments should be done regularly and should come in a form of an examination. For instance, an assessment should be done when the term ends to check if the child is okay or if they were abused in the institution or outside the institution. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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