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    "id": 620796,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/620796/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Wetangula",
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        "legal_name": "Timothy Wanyonyi Wetangula",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I have been very active in my constituency trying to create special units in schools to enable children with disabilities access education. It is something we should address. This Motion is not something that is coming out of the blues but something that exists in our laws. We should look at a way in which we can implement it. We should do something. If you read that law, you will find that it says that within five years of that law coming into force all public buildings and places frequented by people with disabilities for public services should be accessible. We need to create that and the Government must do something about it. I support this Motion but we need to implement what is already in our statutes, otherwise we will keep on complaining and yet nothing is done. As people living with disabilities, we do not want to be treated as second hand citizens. We would like to be given our due rights. We would like all of us to have equal rights. For example, I have been here for three years but I have never been to the Speaker’s Office because it is not accessible. Recently, they put lifts but you cannot fit in the lift with a wheelchair. In fact, two people cannot fit in that lift. I do not know who designed the lift. This shows disability is in the mind and not the physical disability we witness. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me an opportunity to contribute to this Motion. However, I insist that something ought to be done quickly. The National Construction Authority should be proactive and inform people who design our buildings and other facilities that they should incorporate disability-friendly infrastructure so that people with disabilities can access some of these services. Thank you for giving me a chance to contribute."
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