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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Gwendo",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Joy Adhiambo Gwendo",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for giving me a chance to add my voice to this amendment Bill. I would like to start by congratulating Senator Njoroge. I would like to register my disappointment that despite the fact that in a House of 67 Members, it had to take a person living with a disability to bring a Bill or an amendment about disabilities. Why should we wait to support him? Why did we not think about it? Sen. Njoroge, we support you and know that disability is not inability. In that case, I would like to refer to a paragraph in this amendment that says; this Bill seeks to bring out details about the extent to which the national and county governments have complied with the provisions of the Constitution and the Act on matters relating to persons with disabilities. To me, this will give persons with disabilities a lot of confidence that people are with them. It will give them confidence that people care about them. This is not just a saying. We read and see people with disability around us. We may not have them in our families but we see them around. You will visit a hotel and find that it is not disability friendly. You will complain about it once but what more can you do about it? However, when we pass legislation that will care and show concern about them, then we will be doing something about it. We have funds that should be taking care of the disabled. However, do these funds take care of the disabled? We do not know. If this legislation is followed up and made to ensure that the money that is given to them is used appropriately and audited and justified, then we will be showing our humanly side by supporting people with disabilities. 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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