{"id":759833,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/759833/?format=json","text_counter":113,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. Mwaura: M","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":13129,"legal_name":"Isaac Maigua Mwaura","slug":"isaac-mwaura"},"content":"r. Speaker, Sir, I beg to move the following Motion, with the permission of the Senate Majority Leader:- THAT, AWARE that about 15 per cent of the Kenyan population is persons living with disabilities; APPRECIATING that the Government has taken several measures to avail certain privileges through the National Council for Persons with Disabilities to registered persons living with disabilities; NOTING that the National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) is a contributory health insurance cover and the remittance of contributions for persons living with disabilities by Government for the cover, is not among the privileges extended to persons living with disabilities; CONCERNED that most persons living with disabilities have difficulties engaging in gainful income generating activities that would enable them pay the contributions to NHIF, hence are without any medical cover; FURTHER CONCERNED that many persons with disabilities are unable to access medical services leading to high mortality rate;"}