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    "id": 618812,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/618812/?format=api",
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Mwaura",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Isaac Maigua Mwaura",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I rise to very highly support this Petition by my very good friend Hon. (Dr.) Makali Mulu. The braille transcribers are very critical in the education of learners with visual disabilities. I went through a special school – Thika School for the Blind. Those are the persons who were helping the totally blind students and the low vision learners to translate print into braille. They also go ahead and help in the marking of exams by transcribing from braille into print. They do a lot of work. The issue of braille transcribers and other teacher aid relating to learners with disabilities is very critical in this country. In fact, after this, I will be bringing a Motion on the teacher rate scheme. There are several issues that need to be looked into even as we look at this Petition. Firstly, those workers are on casual basis. They have no proper terms of engagement and yet, they are the ones who do the bulk of the work. Secondly, there is the Marrakesh Treaty about how to have publishers turn print materials into braille for the use by learners with visual disabilities. This is a critical agenda because most of our visually impaired persons are not able to access materials that are very relevant to their own education."
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