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    "id": 759881,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Rev.) Waqo",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Naomi Jilo Waqo",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I stand to support this Motion for PWDs to get access to medical care. I also want to appreciate the Mover, Sen. Mwaura, who passionately brought this to our attention. The reason I support this Motion is because of my personal experience. I have worked as a church minister in the past where I interacted with many families who have children with disability. In the society and even at family level, many PWDs have been isolated. It is as if we have rejected them in our society and even at the family level, many people have rejected the people living with disability because they have been isolated. Most of the times when you go to a place, you will find a person living with disability hidden in a house for 15 to 20 years and nobody wants to talk about the suffering person. That is why I stand to support this Motion. It is our responsibility as leaders to take care of all people and see how best they can be served. In the past and even currently, we have seen that many of them have been misused. If you walk on the streets or any part of Nairobi City, you will see people living with disability on the road, begging. Some people support them while others ignore them. At the end of the day, their take-home is minimal from what they have been given. Many of them have been misused and will continue to be misused. That is why we need to approve this Motion so that they can at least get the National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) medical care, which is one of the basic needs that we all have. On implementation, once this Motion is approved, at the National and even at the County level, we urge the people on the ground to make sure they encourage families with people living with disabilities not to be ashamed of them by hiding them. They should come forward, speak about them and see how they can be supported. People with disabilities do not only need medical care; many of them have not even had education. As a result, their young children are suffering and if they can be supported, they can be great leaders in future. Therefore, we need to see how else they can be supported in future so that they can get all the services that other humans get in our society. So, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I stand to fully support this Motion. It is my prayer that we will all be there for the people living with disabilities. Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir."
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