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    "content": "most at risk people in this society. So, I support the suggestion of the NHIF cards being distributed to PWDs but before this is done, there are certain issues that need to be put into consideration. First, the number of PWDs in this country is not known. So, there is need to do a critical study to know how many people in this country are PWDs; nationally and at county level. Even at county level, there is need to go even to mashinani kabisa to see how many people have disabilities. If people are to benefit, then there is need to know the number of people in order to know the amount of money to be reserved to that task. In addition, PWDs are economically poor. They do not have the economic empowerment. First, most of them come from families that are poor and since they come from families that are poor, the cyclic nature of poverty runs in their families. When somebody is disabled, did not go to school and did not have a job, he would not be able to take his children to school. So, the poverty cycle continues in that family. When the poverty cycle continues, it means that they will be deprived of their socio-economic rights as stipulated in our Constitution in Article 43. If this Motion is concluded favourably, it will be a plus to all stakeholders. Remember our Constitution actually provides that the weak people with disability should be supported. So, if they can be supported, it will be very good for People With Disabilities (PWDs) in this country. Even when you talk about setting aside a Fund to support PWDs, there is need to know that there are some PWDs that cannot even reach at the county level. Of course, it is good to set some funds aside, but these funds should be devolved at the county level because there are some PWDs who are not known, even those who come from the remotest parts of Kenya. Sometimes you will find that if, for example, the health facilities are not devolved, sometimes it may end up not benefiting those people who are in the remotest parts of this country. So, there is need to improve the infrastructure so that hospitals are put up in the counties, so that even the smallest person in the village is able to access these facilities. I will not go into very many details. However, in brief, I am supporting this Motion. We have a responsibility to take care of our PWDs because if we do not do that, then nobody will."
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