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    "id": 638051,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/638051/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Makenga",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Richard Makenga Katemi",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to complete my submission. I would like to start by saying that people living with disabilities have been marginalised for a very long time. Continuous denial of access to information, buildings and public places is continuous marginalisation. This should come to an end. We should ensure that public and private buildings are accessible by people living with disabilities. The people living with disabilities form about 15 per cent of the total population of this country, which translates to about 6 million people. That is not a small number. I urge my colleagues to support this Motion because it is very important. It touches on a vulnerable group in our society. If this is dealt with, people living with disabilities will have a good life. We can attribute the denial of access to public areas as structural violence. If we are going to pass the Motion we are debating, I believe the Government will come with an action plan. The Government will also ensure that the National Construction Authority (NCA) only approves designs for new public structures that cater for the needs of the people living with disabilities. That will reduce the number of new buildings that are being constructed rapidly. The counties should ensure that public buildings coming up in the devolved system of government comply with the standards, so that people living with disabilities are able to access the buildings to seek The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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