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    "id": 628388,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Sijeny",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13127,
        "legal_name": "Judith Achieng Sijeny",
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    "content": "Thank you Madam Temporary Speaker, for giving me the opportunity to second this Bill. This Bill, in a nutshell, helps to implement the provisions of the Constitution by devolving governance, creating structures and bringing services to persons living with disability at the grassroots. By amending this Bill, it helps also to create awareness on how people living with disability can be supported in various fields. This is a special constituency and they are everywhere. Research has proved that most of them, without the kind of intervention being sought, live under poverty especially within the rural areas. Madam Temporary Speaker, once the Bill is enacted and implemented, it shall look into the issues of the persons living with disability. We find that most of them suffer from many issues of disability. We have chronic disparity diseases like cancer, diabetes, malnutrition, HIV/Aids and other infectious diseases. There is also the category of groups who suffer serious injuries leaving them with permanent disabilities as a result of accidents, terrorism and violence whether domestic or other types. In that view, it can happen any time and to anybody. We should have people everywhere not only at the national level but even at the ward level who look at their concerns to ensure that we have infrastructure that will help to support them so that they are able to carry on with their daily work. When this Bill is implemented, it will be easy for everybody who is concerned to look at the external environment, go down to the people at the grassroots and know what interventions are required. With the formation of these various committees, they will be going round and ensuring that the rights of the people living with disabilities are protected. Madam Temporary Speaker, indeed, we have seen from the media, both electronic and print, that persons with disabilities have proved that disability is not The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes"
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