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    "id": 620777,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/620777/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Mwaura",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13129,
        "legal_name": "Isaac Maigua Mwaura",
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    "content": "What is the role of the National Construction Authority (NCA) in ensuring that designs are approved in a manner that is accessible to persons with disabilities and have the mandate to approve? The National Council for Persons with Disabilities (NCPWDs) should be involved so that they approve that a building should have proper size of doors. If a building has more than three floors, it should have lifts. A building should have toilets that are accessible to persons with disabilities, who can be men or women. We usually have toilets for men, women and the disabled. Does it mean that there are no disabled men and women? That is the insensitivity that we find when it comes to the construction of public buildings. Ideally, there should be four toilets - for men, women, physically disabled men and physically disabled women so that we are not just lumping people together as if they are homogenous. This country can learn a lot from a country like Sweden. Sweden has been ranked the most accessible country in the world. You will find that there are proper platforms to access public transport and buildings are quite accessible. Making buildings accessible does not just apply to persons with disabilities. Most of us go to shop in supermarkets and you may want to use ramps instead of stairs because they may be more comfortable."
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