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    "speaker_name": "Migori County, Independent",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Fatuma Mohammed",
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    "content": "—washing himself or herself to prepare for prayer—but because they are not able to do that, they miss an opportunity to be close to God. There should be teachers of religious education who can teach a Muslim or Christian child how to pray and to assist them in fulfilling associated obligations. For example, if the child is a girl, she should be assisted by another girl who can take her to the washroom to perform wudhu to be able to pray. This is very important for the well-being of the child. We should prescribe games that are friendly to these children. Beyond education, they need to play. Their games may not be the same. Some may be able to play football or other games. There should be games specifically for them and which they can play with children different from them. For example, Fatuma should be able to play with a child who is able to walk and foster friendship. We must also address the issue of social stigma and bullying in schools and at home. Some of these children find life in the community very difficult because their parents also go through bullying. Schools should offer solutions so that if a child is bullied, they know where to report, considering that some of them may not be able to express themselves when bullied. The curriculum and examinations for these children should not be the same as for other learners. Some of them are slow learners while the other children are fast. They are given the same maths examination and time limits. A disable child may not write fast because of the disability, but the marking scheme is the same. Their marking scheme should be a little different, depending on the situation of the child. There should be a system of health first aid. Some children may fall ill in school. A child without a disability may run and report a headache or a running stomach. Their parents may be called to pick them or they may be told to go home and be taken to hospital. What about a child who is not able to communicate or move by his or herself? There should be a small facility to cater for their first aid. Paragraph 17 speaks about the responsibility of the Special Needs Education Advisory Board to establish and maintain a register of special service providers qualified to provide services to learners with disabilities. But where does this provision leave parents? There are many parents who hide their children, believing that the disability is a problem within the family or the community. As a result, education officers seeking to maintain a record of children with disabilities are unable to identify how many such households exist in their jurisdictions. There should be strict adherence to the rules. If you are found hiding a child with a disability, you should be taken to court and jailed. You are denying that child the opportunity to get an education, interact with other children, live and get all opportunities that other children enjoy. The government should be strict with parents who fail to disclose that they are raising a child with a disability. Such parents should be taken to court and jailed. I support this Bill and congratulate the Senate for it. May Allah bless all these children and their parents."
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