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    "content": "something in the law, it can awaken their conscience to make a determination that you have a variety of people in every county who must be taken care of. Madam Temporary Speaker, I had a good opportunity of being with Sen. Omondi in Siaya County. Her arrival there showed how less we cared about people with disability. We found that our doors were not wide enough and the stairs were ill- constructed. It was a very unfriendly construction, repairs or renovations which had been carried out in buildings in Siaya County in general. This applies to many other counties. So, this Bill will ensure that this responsibility is not just felt at the national level, but it is cascaded to the counties. It will bring up the level of awareness and responsibility to counties so that those living in those terrible conditions, but which does not lead to inability are well taken care of. If they are taken care of, they can take care of us as I have demonstrated in the case of President Roosevelt who could not walk on his two feet, but took care of the greatest power on earth– probably, the greatest after the Roman Empire – although that may not be a permanent condition as other powers are emerging. As we set up these committees at the counties, my sister, Sen. Omondi, we have to ensure that we are not just creating sinecures. Let us have people in those committees who can make a difference in the societies which they live. So, merely having a person appointed by the governor to be the chairperson may not be good enough. There should be some kind of process to ensure that the people who are appointed by a governor, public officer, or otherwise, must be people who are committed to a cause such as this one, which may lead to making a difference in our societies and counties. Madam Temporary Speaker, as Sen. (Dr.) Zani said, the people who are meant to represent faith-based organisations and others which deal with people with disabilities, the objective or purpose is not just to create offices or positions. Rather it should be to look for people who can ensure that something is being done which would enable those who suffer from disability to be given their rightful place in society and the demands of the Constitution in this regard is taken into consideration. Madam Temporary Speaker, this may come as a way of amendment, a reporting system where both in the assemblies and even in the national Legislature both in the National Assembly and in the Senate, there should be a report coming from county governments and even the national Government. This report will show exactly how they are prosecuting this responsibility of ensuring that the objects of the Constitution are met. Indeed, as this Bill says, proper policies have been developed for the protection and promotion of the welfare of persons living with disabilities. Let the report show that, indeed, there have been services which have been undertaken. If it is a matter which only ends with the national Government and precisely the Executive, or the governor at the county level, without a reporting mechanism, then the society at large may not have a way of knowing how this constitutional project will go on. I call it a constitutional project because it is required by the Constitution that these measures be taken. I urge that in the Committee Stage, one of us makes a proposal that there should be a reporting system to the people of Kenya. The reporting should go through Parliament at the national level and the county assemblies at the county level. These The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes"
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