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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Ong’era",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Janet Ongera",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity so that I may support this important Bill. From the onset, let me also join my colleagues in congratulating and thanking Sen. Njoroge for bringing this Bill that highlights and brings to light the plight of a very important constituency of our society and this is persons with disabilities. We know that there have been many provisions of law that have come about with regard to persons with disability and yet nothing has ever been done. We have very good writings under the Constitution and the Persons with Disability Act. There are also very good words that are mentioned in the UN Convention for Persons Living with Disability yet we see discrimination of persons with disability being exercised in our society. Mostly, we see barriers to persons with disabilities with regard to attitude and environment. We also have socio-cultural and infrastructural barriers that do not take into consideration the rights of persons with disabilities. This is a gross violation of their rights. As we see this, it saddens us to see that this important constituency is not being considered. It is timely in the Bill that Sen. Njoroge is requiring that this data is brought to this Senate, which is the House of wisdom, and the National Assembly, so that we can ensure that, indeed, the Council is giving us necessary data that these barriers of discrimination are removed. While I congratulate the national and county governments for ensuring that there is some semblance of equitability being brought by giving persons with disability 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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