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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cheruiyot",
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        "legal_name": "Aaron Kipkirui Cheruiyot",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for giving me this chance to also rise and support this amendment. This is an issue that many of us at times treat so casually and lightly.Perhaps, we have not addressed ourselves properly to it over a period of time because we consider it a preserve of only the disabled. As leaders, I think we are challenged many times in our thoughts to reason or imagine ourselves not only as individuals but to see the county or the constituency that we represent in its entirety. Last weekend, I attended a funeral service of a man who had lived his entire life of 80 years as a disabled person. When I read this Bill, the struggles that were shared by his children of what he underwent his entire life came into focus. May God bless the people who thought about this amendment, particularly the one that affects county governments and the establishment of these county committees for Persons with Disabilities (PWDs). It is my considered view that while at the national Government, we have very good laws that have been enacted about representation of PWDs, this remains a challenge in counties. There are certain counties, mine included, where the office of the governor is on the second or third floor. People with disabilities cannot access such buildings because they have no lifts. In such instances, you wonder what happens when a Member of the County Assembly (MCA) or representatives of PWDs want to have a meeting with the governor. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, it is only with the establishment of such committees that we shall highlight and encourage county governments to realise that they too are governments on their own. The way we domesticate international laws, I think they also should domesticate some of these national laws in their counties even without being prompted by Bills. It is really sad that it took the enactment of such proposals for some counties to consider that they need to have such bodies that exist within. We know that even when it comes to business opportunities for PWDs, we have good laws. However, like it has been highlighted earlier by the Senator who spoke before me, we have never been short of good laws as a country. Where we fall short is on The electronic version of theSenate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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