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    "id": 442059,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Lati",
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        "legal_name": "Jonathan Lelelit Lati",
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    "content": "We all come from communities in different parts of our country and one thing that is for sure is that there is somebody disabled; there is a role model somewhere that you admire with the kind of disability they have and their achievements in life. I am a proud person that in my high school I had two blind teachers and my performance in those subjects was so good. I think I did better in the two subjects that I was taught by the two blind teachers than any other subjects in my KCSE. I want to give credit to one of them, Kipaloi who taught me History and I ended up with a good grade. I still remember him to date. He was so good that I cannot compare him to anyone all my life even through university. I have never had anybody teaching me that well. But the Bill is about the deaf people getting a chance to hear something that goes on within our news channels. Today, we all appreciate the advancement, the technology and the kind of news the country is receiving every evening and morning. We are one of the countries that are so advanced in terms of news networks. Sometimes I consider Kenya to be a First World in terms of news offering if not for anything else. I rush to my house everyday in the evening so that I can catch the news. I cannot go to bed before 9.00 p.m. because I still need to catch up with news and see what is happening in our country. But it is so unfortunate that some of our friends who are deaf get nothing out of these news channels and it is commendable that the KTN – I think that is what the hon. Member said – has already taken a lead in that area. I am hoping that as we speak today in this House, the news channels that are out there can hear us loud and can do the best they can so that members of the deaf community can hear the news that they produce every evening or morning. It is necessary because news is learning and they also need to participate in the building of our country. The best way to do that is to get information; to get informed of what is going on around the country. They contribute a lot. They are members of this country and I think it is only a right for them to hear the news like everybody else through whichever means."
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