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    "content": "implementation. Who is checking, for example, these county governments to ensure that they are compliant with the 30 per cent rule on youth, women and PWDs? To what proportion are they compliant and what percentage of business are these PWDs getting? We could be talking of it being a good law and a county saying it is complying but maybe only by virtue of giving business to women and youth while PWDs are left out. Nobody is checking those provisions. I believe that these are some of the things that the constitution of such committees will read through and check. You are also aware that there is a fund both from Government and sometimes Non-governmentalOrganisations (NGOs) that are sent to support PWDs. I am sure that this is something that many Senators in this House have experienced. When you have your barazas, many times, the locals will tell you how such funds end up in the pockets of a few well connected individuals and that is the end of the story. Somebody signs some forms here in Nairobi County saying that we have disbursed a certain amount of money to a particular county to support PWDs and that is the end of the story. If you have such a committee which, for sure, will live to the spirit and the letter of this Bill, then I think such instances will be stories of the past. We will have somebody giving a good record of PWDs per county or even per village. That way, when there is assistance that needs to be passed on, those that are left at home and do not even have information that there are laws that protect them on how they live and go about their daily life to try and make it as comfortable as possible can be sensitized that it is their right. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, it is a known fact that, for example, Government entities for a long time have been mandated by law to ensure that PWDs have access to services. In counties, nobody checks such laws and people are perhaps not properly empowered. In many of our counties, we have nominated MCAs who represent PWDs, but how empowered are these individuals? If they were to rise and seek the support of their various county assemblies and say;“please support me in this particular legislation”, how safe and secure are we? If the same was to come in the form of a petition to the county assembly from the county committee of PWDs, then it would carry some weight and it will be considered. For those and many other reasons, I support."
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