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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Prof. Anyang’- Nyong’o",
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        "legal_name": "Peter Anyang' Nyong'o",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, by coincidence, yesterday when I was in Aga Khan Hospital I met a parent with a two year old boy who could not speak or respond to his name. So, I asked the father what he is doing. He told me that he was taking him to the Aga Khan Hospital, so that the boy can be given specialized treatment over time. The father was convinced that eventually the boy would speak. The problem, as the hon. Member says, is that we do not know how many such young children are there in the countryside because the people there are not as privileged as this person I met at Aga Khan Hospital yesterday. They may not know even the necessity to report this to social welfare officials. So, the hon. Member of Parliament is right. The figures we have are from the census exercise. As you know, the census is as good as the data or the questions they ask. So, if the census asked the kind of questions that could not solicit responses from people to give this kind of data, obviously, there would be under- reporting in the number of people who have speech problems. I know this since I was the Minister for Planning and National Development. When you are developing census questionnaires, you must decide what kind of data you want. What kind of data people can respond to accurately. The data we have is based on 2009 Census, but of course, the hon. Member may have better information than us. That information can be verified by the Kenya Statistical Authority in the Ministry of Planning, National Development and Vision 2030."
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