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    "content": "I think we should also be pro-active and go a step further by saying that the NCPD must be very pro-active in identifying and letting people know what sort of disabilities exist and how they can be handled to bring them out to prominence and to give some sort of education to say that disability is real. This is something that we should shy away from. We should be able to talk about it and actually look for a way to facilitate the disabled. As per the amendment in this particular Bill, the focus is to ensure that the NCPD contextualizes and really focuses on the activities that they are meant to do and the reports that they are meant to give. I would suggest that the reports should be given to the national Government, county governments, the National Assembly and to the Senate. I think the inclusion of the Senate is very key so that we also get a chance to quiz, bearing in mind that under Article 96, the Senate is in charge of counties. Therefore, the interests of those counties becomes very important for us to even cascade downwards to each of the counties and see whether the distribution is proportionate to Article 54(2) that gives the 5 per cent and whether that has been upheld and also to ensure compliance with these particular figures. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, mechanisms then would have to be put into place by the NCPD to ensure that each provision has actually been adhered to as accurately as possible. Kenyans have a way of making themselves to be something they are not to get certain provisions. If some unscrupulous Kenyans know that there is a 5 percent provision for people living with disabilities and it has not been well defined, you might find somebody pretending to have a disability just so that they can get into a position. So the council would have to be very careful to ensure that the provision is actually given to a database of people who are already known to have those specific disabilities. Sen. Njoroge’s assertion in terms of the timeframe is also very clear and very good through the financial year to ensure compliance. Given a timeframe for this to happen, will also enable this sort of legislation to be meaningful and to have a way of applying it in a more straight forward way. I do not think that there is any reason why the provision that has already been given for this 5 percent should not be upheld and all efforts must be done. This Bill is really timely; that the National Council for Persons with Disabilities needs to be more proactive because the moment you are not proactive, a law is just a law. It is written, it comes to life according to how much effort you put into it and how many systems you put into it to ensure that it is actually adhered to. This Bill is trying to do exactly that. Mr. Temporary Speaker Sir, with those comments, I beg to support."
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