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    "id": 628413,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Kittony",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Zipporah Jepchirchir Kittony",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, I join my colleagues in congratulating the Mover of this Bill, Sen. Omondi, for seeing it fit to bring it to this House at the right time. Every person has a right to be treated in a manner that is conducive to a good life. This Bill is appropriate since we have a Constitution that accommodates everybody in this country. I would like to compliment the Mover. It is not like in the days where when one got children with disabilities, he or she hid them because it appeared to be a taboo. However, nowadays everybody has a right to a good life. We need to respect and let them live with dignity. While supporting this Bill because disability is broad and there are a number of disabilities that we come across in everyday life; there are those who are mentally handicapped and have been totally neglected. We also have the blind and the deaf. I propose that, if I am in order, maybe at the Committee Stage, amendments should be incorporated so that these people are not left out. We are devolving this and the proposal goes to the county level, therefore, they should not be left out. A number of mentally handicapped people are hidden; nobody knows anything about them. You will find them tied in a dark room in the villages since it is seen as a taboo and parents do not want them to be known. In the Committee Stage, this Bill should be amended to include all forms of disabilities. In developed countries, people with disabilities are respected and taken care of in a special manner. However, with our case, there is stigma. It is important, that as we devolve this to the county level, there should be civic education so that people start appreciating that disability is not inability. Everyone has a right to a good life. Madam Temporary Speaker, this Bill has come at an appropriate time. I am proposing that these amendments be taken on board so that it is inclusive and everybody is taken care of. I congratulate and commend the Mover of this Bill. I hope that it will get through and that the committee that will be appointed in the county governments should be supported to make it a workable reality as soon as possible. I support."
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