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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Prof.) Nyikal",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I do not want to give a problem but I want to support it. Having seen the discussion the House has gone through, I would probably call upon the Mover to amend it on the Floor and put it as “resolves” instead of “urges”. I think we are exactly where we were. Standing Orders allow the Member if she so wishes to say “resolves” Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, you explained to us that the need for this amendment is to make it actionable. Further, this Motion has come to the House before and there is need for action. There are regulations in law regarding this. In terms of transport, there are regulations regarding how vehicles and platforms in the railway stations and bus stops should be. We should have talking streetlights so that a blind person will just touch them and it will be indicated that it is safe to cross. We should do these things for our people. We should even have lifts which have Braille to indicate the floors. These are options that owners of buildings can put. As the Hon. Member has indicated, we need all television shows and public meetings to have people who translate them into sign language. That is in law. There are regulations to that effect and the ministry in charge of people with disability should implement them. Two years ago, there was a major conference which called all stakeholders so that those things are put into action. I do not know why it has not been followed up. So, the problem of not following up is going to kill debate in this House. About three years ago, this House passed a Motion by Hon. Mbadi. The Motion said that we should increase the stipend for elderly persons from Kshs1,500 to Kshs2,000. The Member for Nyeri was the minister then. We had to go to the National Treasury and include it in the Appropriations Bill, so that it could be increased from Kshs1,500 to Kshs2,000. That is being implemented. That is what we expect the Executive to do. So, I support, but urge the Mover that we should amend the Motion on the Floor so that it reads “resolves” and not “urges.” Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker."
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