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"content": "Thank you, hon. Speaker for giving me this opportunity to support this particular Bill. I will start by congratulating the Member for Nyandarua, hon. Wanjiku for her passion and even ability to pick out issues that affect Members of our society. I would like to say that we, the able bodied members of our society, sometimes take a lot of things for granted. There are issues that we just assume. People with disability have got a lot of disadvantages, as my colleague has just said. They are not able to access many facilities and buildings even within Nairobi. What we are addressing at this particular moment about access to information and news, you realize that even other persons with disabilities, for example the blind, would be able to hear what is happening. I can imagine trying to communicate with a deaf person. It is even worse for the deaf person who does not have formal education. It means you cannot even communicate through writing. Television stations need to be compelled to introduce sign language so that the deaf can access information. According to the Constitution of Kenya, 2010 we are told that a disabled person is entitled to information, rehabilitation, self development, self reliance and all those kinds of things. So, when this is lacking in our television stations then it means that this person is being deprived of something that is enshrined in the Constitution. I support this Bill and urge hon. Members to support it so that these people will be comfortable in the society that we live in. They should be able to access information."
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