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    "content": "Recently, I was a panelist in Geneva talking about the role of Parliament in ensuring the implementation on the convention on the rights of persons with disabilities in connection with SDGs, is put into consideration. If IPU is not going to include persons with disabilities, it shows that even if we are mentioned there, we are not going to achieve the issues to be dealt with. We have a committee on women and youth. Issues affecting women and youth are triple for persons with disabilities. I wish to request that we have a committee on disabilities. The slogan goes, “nothing about us without us”. When they are discussing issues and persons with disabilities are affected both socio-economically and politically, we are not going to achieve anything. Nobody can speak on our behalf. You can see from the Report that nothing is coming out on behalf of persons with disabilities because we are never mentioned or represented. I want this to be given consideration because it matters a lot as far as the inclusion is concerned. Kenya is one state party that ratified the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD). It is an international instrument that guides the involvement and inclusion of persons with disabilities. Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir."
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