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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Abdi",
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        "legal_name": "Yusuf Hassan Abdi",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Speaker. Mine is to welcome my sister and hon. Member Ghati back from her injuries and also underpin some of the matters that she raised. In fact, I have vacated my position to her now that I am able to stand up and do other things. I also wish her quick recovery. I hope that, that position will be a positive place where she can one day get up and start moving around in the House using her own power and will rather than the wheel chair. I just wanted to say that, in fact, I find it very difficult for disabled Members of Parliament as well as visitors who are disabled to access the National Assembly. I thank you for saying that the matter is under consideration, but it should be considered as a matter of agency because some of the difficult places to go is simply the bathroom. I am aware that bathrooms here do not provide access for wheel chairs. So, it is almost impossible for a visitor or a disabled Member of Parliament to use it, which is not very good for the National Assembly. The other element is attending meetings, which I also find very difficult. I am seeing the problems of disabilities now that I also have disabilities. I think for most able people, disabled people are almost invisible. They cannot be seen. I would also like to point out the fact that the hon. Members who are on wheel chairs are hardly seen in the Assembly. They are right here at the back. Their representatives do not see them. I would suggest that the House should be reconfigured, so that they can have space in the front, where they can be seen by their constituents. We should not punish them because of their disabilities. They should not become invisible in this House because they are not able to move around freely because they are on wheel chairs. 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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