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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Kagwe",
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    "content": "He came here to protect the rights of the disabled persons and he has not disappointed them. He has done exactly that. In fact, he has begun the journey in a long walk that we will walk. I can promise him that those of us in this Senate who appreciate what he is trying to do will walk all the way with him. There was an English writer called John Locke who said at his time that “the most able must provide the least requirements for the least able”. When we look at those who are challenged in our society, be they physically challenged or otherwise, John Locke’s idea comes to bear because what we must never do – if we are going to be a civilized nation and if we are going to join the ranks of those countries that are respected globally – is that we must never leave behind any of our citizens for any reason. Not too long ago, a black man in the United States of America (USA) and other parts of this earth was seen as virtually unable to help himself. A black person was a second class citizen and even today in some parts of the world, a black person is seen as being just below other human beings. That is how far discrimination of persons can go. When you think about anybody that you know – you and I included – if you think about anybody thinking that you and I can be slightly below anybody walking on this earth who is a human being like yourself, you can see the pain that one would have. That is the pain that I believe that persons who are physically challenged or who are disabled for whatever reasons would feel when we do not focus and take care of them in our society. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, we have heard Sen. (Dr.) Zani contribute here and say that indeed it is true that there are persons within our families who actually hide those persons who are disabled; we have seen it on television (TV).We have seen persons being removed from a house where they had been locked in for years and years. Some persons were born never to be seen again until ten years later. This discrimination and this scourge that is the thinking process that some of our people have about a challenged individual is something to be ashamed of. Nobody decides that they want to be blind, that they do not want to walk, and that they do not want to hear; nobody decided those things; they happen to them. In the USA and in other places where there is warfare, there are very many people who were born one day like you and I but, today, they cannot walk because bombs; cannot see because of shrapnel. People who, yesterday, were exactly like you and I go through an The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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