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    "content": "The most disadvantaged are the disabled persons. For example, where they require a certain amount of money, it should be waived for this group of people so that it allows them to apply for these tenders. What lacks for the groups of people with disabilities is information. Information reaches the disabled persons when the deadline has passed. I want to pose a challenge to the service providers to reach out to everybody when they are disseminating information. They must understand how best the information can reach everybody. People with disabilities lead the poorest state of life. They are unable to read or receive information from the media, for example, the radio. Most of them cannot afford even a small radio. Most of the disabled people of my age never got the chance of going to school. So, if we say that they are going to get the information from the print media, then we are locking them out from getting the information that is required. When it comes to tendering, there is what we call reasonable accommodation. This is an international standard where you need to allow each type of disability to get the support that is required in whatever capacity or service you want to give out. This is what is lacking in our country. If this Bill becomes law, I am sure it is going to protect the interests of people with disabilities as far as the economic stability of each Kenyan is concerned. For us to make sure that the rule of law is obeyed and respected, I want to say that---"
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