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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I have talked about education which is partly devolved to the counties. It will be encouraging if the national Government works hand in hand with the counties to ensure that each county has at least a primary school. I think I had mentioned about that. A secondary school or a technical institute that can provide education to persons with disabilities should be built to enable them access the essential services in their respective counties. We need to facilitate them so that they can be able to work and put food on their table. If you lack that education, how are you going to get a job in an office? How are you going to access the 30 per cent procurement jobs set aside for disabled persons when you cannot be able to move? The first thing we need to do is to get the data and facilitate the movement of the disabled people so that they can be able to move around like other people. That way, we shall be making their lives a bit easier. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the body in charge of public transport in the country should be able to push their members into providing quality transport means that cater for people with disabilities. If you look around here in Nairobi, you do not find disabled people. Why? They are there but they are not able to move to the city because of lack of transport. So, I think we should have special means where if someone has a job or wants to come and do business, he should be facilitated instead of being carried to the roadside to become beggars. The Government should take it upon itself and help these people who are not able to help themselves. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, disability, as I said, is not a natural thing. Sometimes, it comes even in your old age. You can find that arthritis catches up with you and you become disabled. So, the Government needs to invest more money in the disabled kitty. If it is money for the disabled, let the money be set aside so that it is not mixed up with youth or women funds. Disabled people cannot compete with normal people who are able to run around and look for these orders. So, we need to put their money aside and make sure that counties cater for these people until such a time that they are able to stand on their feet. Thank you and I support."
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