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"content": "our nation to forever be besmirched by this disease called corruption and mismanagement. It deters development; reduces our standing in international environment for business and other economic interactions. It adversely affects scientific development, discovery and innovation which are needed in the area of health care development. Mr. Temporary Speaker, in this regard, the journey that Sen. Kipchumba has just started, not only to use 15 polio survivors as immunization champions and enlist their support to take this massage across the world, that immunization is not a choice, but a right. This, perhaps, is a journey that should lead our dear friend, Sen. Harold Kipchumba to the Nobel Price for the fight against polio and the championing of immunization globally. I equate the 15 polio survivors to the 12 disciples of Jesus Christ who started a journey 2,000 years ago. As I stand here, almost every corner of the world has heard the message of the 12 disciples led by Jesus Christ in the little country called Palestine; they have carried a message that millions believe in and which has changed their lives. We want the 15 polio survivors, led by Sen. Harold Kipchumba to carry the message under the auspices of UNICEF and WHO, to be heard in every corner of the world, so that 2,000 years from today, as we sit or lie calmly somewhere in our graves, waiting to hear the message eternally, we shall definitely lie there in testimony that a man called, Harold Kipchumba, passed through this House under circumstances that he did not like and that although at that time he bore a crown of thorns, he now bears a crown of glory which I think that this House and every person of disability is proud of; a glory which I think that in very developing country, from Bangladesh to Nepal to Ghana to Cote d’Ivore and to Columbia; that this message will be heard. Immunization is not a choice, but a right and it will be practiced through government policies that will promote and defend immunization and will give people with disabilities the ability to preach that message and lead a life worth living. Mr. Temporary Speaker, the worst thing any nation can do is to despise, ignore and downgrade those with disabilities. At one point, I was happy and grateful enough to meet a community of people in this country called “people living with albinism.” We had a family with a lady living with albinism across where we live in New Runda. The young beautiful lady was called CK. When my daughter, Lupita, was doing a movie for her graduate work on a general theme of those who are underclass in the nation, it occurred to us, we have never really understood what it means to live with disability. In her conversation with CK, we realized that there is a big community in this county living with disability who are despised, ignored and under classed. That conversation led to a very important documentary which she called; “In My Genes.” This is because we found out that disability is not a curse, but is as a result of the genes that some people are born with. That documentary called “In My Genes,” led me to work with the people with Albinism. One of them was Hon. Isaac Mwaura who I started mentoring and is now a Member of Parliament in the National Assembly of the Republic of Kenya. That shows that we cannot despise, ignore and under class those with disabilities. They have the ability to rise up to the highest level of performance in our nation. There are many children born with Polio who would not like their sisters or brothers to be born with Polio 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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