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    "id": 759870,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Kihika",
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        "legal_name": "Susan Wakarura Kihika",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I also rise in support of this very important Motion having listened to the Mover, Sen. Mwaura. I know how much the people living with disabilities have so much to overcome in order to get a smoother life. Our Government has done quite a bit to try to equalize things so that the persons living with disabilities are able to get a leg-up a bit. I would also agree that the Government should set aside a fund, just like we have seen with the senior citizens of the country, where there is a fund that helps them get their NHIF dues paid. They have cards to access medical care. That would be important for persons living with disabilities. Once they are vetted and the Government ascertains that they are not able to come up with the payments, then through the fund they can get that access to a lifetime medical attention for them and their families. In the course of working in the county we have come across persons with children living with disability. They have kept them in the homes and are not able to access school because some cannot walk. In some cases, the parents have no wheelchairs and cannot take the day off from work. This is because they need the resources to pay rent. They, therefore, opt to just leave the child at home. It is my belief that we can in many different ways try to make things much easier for the persons living with disabilities. Whenever you walk into some buildings you only see the stairs and wonder how a person, say, on a wheelchair is supposed to access these buildings. Granted now, there are laws and regulations that have come into place for newer buildings to have access. There are a lot of challenges that the persons living with disability encounter in their day to day life. We have also seen how the current Constitution has helped a bit by taking away some of the difficulties that stand in the way of persons living with disabilities enjoying their lives. I support this Motion and hope that we will pass it. I hope that the Government will go ahead and implement it, so that persons living with disability will get cover and access to the NHIF. I hope that it will also set up a pool of funds for those who are not able to pay for it. This will ease the lives of persons living with disability. I beg to support."
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