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    "content": "He has truly proven that disability is not inability. Sen. Kipchumba who happened to be one of us at the beginning of this Senate, will forever be remembered for the sacrifice he has made not only for this country. I am sure the recognition that he was given by the UN is beyond this country. Therefore, he has done the best not only for this country, but for the rest of humanity in the world. Sen. Kipchumba will be remembered forever for having been a champion in the fight against polio and having a society that is healthy and able to deliver on the agenda of this country. My question to all of us, as elected leaders, and even those who are not elected, is: What will you be remembered for at a time when you will not be a Member of Parliament? What will you have done for this country? We need to appreciate Sen. Kipchumba. I wish him well as he continues to champion the rights of people living with disabilities and in the fight against polio. Martin Luther King Jnr. once said that a person who has not discovered what to die for is not fit to live. Sen. Kipchumba has discovered what to die for. There is a member who said that that he achieved because he was no longer a Senator. However, according to me, you can achieve anything even as a Senator. I appreciate that he now has the time to work. He discovered that the best thing that he could offer this country irrespective of the challenge he has as a person living with disability, is to believe that he can take his dream further to have a country that is free from Polio and make progress. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, Sen. Kipchumba has done his best. As I said, there are a number of people living with disabilities. As I contribute to this Motion, I challenge them; the fact that they are disabled is not an excuse that they cannot make it in life. We have a number of cases of people living with disabilities not only in this county, but the world over who have made progress. There are great businessmen, doctors and leaders who are people living with disability. I challenge any person living with disability that they have what it takes to make life better for the rest of us. They can achieve in life. What they need to do is believe in themselves. They have the best example of none other than Sen. Kipchumba who happens to have been one of us here. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, there is a saying that a healthy population is a working population. If this country has to make progress, talk of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and Vision 2030, all surround human capital or resource. Unless we have a healthy population, which is able to work every day and make sacrifices, we may not achieve all that we want. This is the reason for this great campaign against polio to ensure that children are born free of polio and have the strength and capacity to work to the best of their respective skills. In order to build this country, the only way is for us to join Sen. Kipchumba in the campaign against polio so that in the next few years, because I have a firm belief that we will have a country that is 100 per cent free from polio. I am sure that Sen. Kipchumba did not work for the Ministry of Health before being nominated for the award. However, he did his best without any salary or being recognized. That is why, today, the Senate has a Motion to congratulate him for the good job that he did and the sacrifice he made which the world now has recognized; that there is somebody called Sen. Kipchumba. Where I come from, the Kalenjin Community, the 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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