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    "id": 759877,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/759877/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Seneta",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Mary Yiane Senata",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I want to thank Sen. Mwaura for having thought deeply on how further we can go as a country to assist the PWDs. From his contribution, it is true that the PWDs, especially women and children face a lot of challenges in this country. In some communities, for example, if you have a child living with disability, they see it as a curse or as a punishment. As a parent, you suffer both psychologically and physically when taking care of your child. It becomes very difficult for your child to interact freely with other children in school. It is a pity that women with children living with disabilities are sometimes divorced and end up as single mothers. So, it is very hard to bring up these children single handedly without the assistance of the Ministries concerned. Although we have the National Council of Persons with Disability (NCPD), we still have to do more in terms of consolidating their privileges in the society. For example, we have a few of these people who are beneficiaries of cash transfer and school programmes from Non-Government Organizations (NGOs). We should think of those others who do not benefit from these programmes and enroll them. When registering them, the NCPD concentrates more on the degree of disability which is not very clear. They should do more and ensure that they categorize the PWDs on what benefits they can get depending on the degree of their disability. I support the issuing of NHIF cards to them so that they can access any health facility and get treatment without discrimination. Access to health is a constitutional right of every Kenyan. This card will assist a parent who has to take a child living with disability to hospital every day. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, there is so much that needs to be done for this particular group. We need to mainstream their education. The Education Act provides for them to be integrated in education. However, we still have challenges when it comes"
}