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    "id": 620789,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Musimba",
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        "legal_name": "Patrick Mweu Musimba",
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    "content": "see the Government as a facilitator that will enable us to achieve our Vision 2030 dreams. These are well espoused within the three pillars namely, economic, social and political. Participation or exclusion of any member of our society amounts to having part of our team not playing. This greatly disadvantages us, as a nation, in terms of our competitiveness and achieving our overall goal of making Kenya the most competitive country. Hon. Mwaura spoke about the funds and initiatives which we have placed forth and continue to commit budgets towards. They are the Uwezo Fund, the Youth Enterprise Development Fund and the Women Enterprise Development Fund. All these funds require consistent interaction with the Government. As such, it remains a very important pillar and service facilitation for these buildings to have the access that is required. In the age of information and technology, this sort of access can go beyond just the physical provision of facilities to persons with disabilities to having access to things like tablets. We already have a website namely, www.mygov.go.ke, in Kenya which provides this information. This can be provided to all persons with disabilities. They should access whatever services and interactions that are available because 7 million people is a small number to cater for. Access to the free laptop programme should be one of the things which should be extended to this particular group of people so that they are not excluded in the task of nation-building, which is odious and requires all brains. I will go back to my own experiences while growing up. Many instrumental teachers in my life had disabilities. I will reflect about Mr. Kamagambo and Mr. Wewa who were brilliant scholars. They persevered with their crutches every day to access class. They built a formidable foundation and produced exceptional engineers, scientists and doctors. When we say that we are not going to include or provide these people with the sort of access that they require and the ease to apply their minds to this great task of nation-building, then it is Kenya that loses out. All of us have had moments when we have been sick. One can call those moments, our moments of disability. You know how weak you are when you are in bed at that point. You look at the world in a new light. At that point you can cry out to anything and everything for you to actively participate in your tasks. As we consider this Motion, I can only cry out and persuade Members of this House and the Government to take it seriously. It is a timely Motion as we look at the budget-making process, which we are about to begin. We should list the number of buildings and provide the funding that is required to improve them. The 30 per cent inclusion in figures amounts to Kshs200 billion. This is a lot of money that if ably mobilised will put us up there. A country like Sweden will no longer boast about being at the helm of the global field. Kenya takes a monumental lead in the League of Nations. We have shown this sort of leadership in reaching out to the lesser of us. In the Bible, Jesus says: “As you look unto the lesser of us, then you are looking unto me” That means that that as you serve the least of us, you are serving God. This is a divine cry. As we consider this Motion in our stature within this Parliament, we should provide the necessary resources to move this nation forward. I thank you Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker and Hon. Mwaura for giving me this great honour to second this Motion."
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