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    "id": 218774,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/218774/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Onyancha",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Gender, Sports, Culture and Social Services",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Charles Onyancha",
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    "content": " Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I had just said that:- (a) At the moment, there are no reliable national statistics providing the actual number of persons with disabilities. Kenyans currently rely on WHO's concept that 6 per cent to 10 per cent of any population comprises of persons with disabilities. It is, however, estimated that persons with disabilities in Khwisero Constituency totals to 2,000. My Ministry, in collaboration with the Ministry of Planning and National Development, is planning to undertake a national survey on disability to establish the nature and magnitude of disability in the country. Once this exercise is accomplished, the disability statistics in Khwisero should be more evident. (b) In an effort to assist persons with disabilities to earn a living in Kenya, those in Khwisero Constituency included, the Government enacted the Persons with Disabilities Act, 2003 which provides for the rights and privileges of persons with disability. The Ministry is also in the process of developing a national policy for persons with disabilities which will guide plans and programmes for intervention at the national and constituency levels. The Government, through the Department of Gender and Social Services, runs 14 vocational rehabilitation centres which train persons with disabilities on various skills to facilitate employment. Three of these centres namely; Itando, Odiado and Kakamega Vocational Training Centres are located in Western Province."
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