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    "speaker_name": "Tinderet, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Julius Melly",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I rise to reply. First of all, I thank Members. They have spoken out that this is a very important Bill. This Bill first originated in this House in the last Parliament. It lapsed when Parliament went on sine die recess, and finally it has resurfaced in the Senate. This is a very important Bill. It is trying to enable the children who are differently-abled to undergo their education with fewer difficulties. This Bill, apart from trying to cure infrastructural problems in schools and challenges that learners who are differently-abled go through, is trying to make their education seamless. It goes on to address even learning centres in day cares. Our children have various forms of disabilities. These children are our brothers and sisters in our homes. It looks at all manner of disabilities amongst children. I thank Members because they contributed and made proposals on how to make this Bill even better to ensure learners across the country are assisted and can go through their education. Hon. Temporary Speaker, the founder of Braille, Helen Keller, was born deaf and blind in the 1880s, but she went on to be an innovator alongside, Albert Einstein and many others. They made huge contributions despite their disabilities. This Bill will encourage families who hide their disabled children because they think disabilities are a stigma or curse, yet they are not. If well taken care of, disabled people can transform this world. Thomas Edison is a very good example of someone who had many difficulties. He went to school and learned how to write after he was five or six years old. This is a wake-up call to parents, schools and institutions that any differently abled learner has the potential to change the society just like an abled person. I thank this House because the Budget we just passed allocated resources to the Ministry of Education for learners with disabilities and many others. Therefore, I request Members to support this Bill. Pursuant to Standing Order 53(3), I request that we defer the putting of the Question to a later date due to the procedural issues in the House. However, I thank each Member who contributed and, more importantly, for allocating money for students with special needs and those with infrastructural issues in their schools. As Hon. Kaluma clearly put it, some of the 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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