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    "id": 799836,
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    "speaker_name": "May 29, 2018 SENATE DEBATES 26 Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to move the following Motion:- THAT AWARE that Article 27 of the Constitution of Kenya guarantees equality of every person in enjoyment of all rights and fundamental freedoms and prohibits discrimination against any person on any ground including disability and language; FURTHER AWARE that Article 24 (2) (a) of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities prohibits persons with disabilities from exclusion from the general education system on the basis of disability, and that children with disabilities are not excluded from free and compulsory primary education, or from secondary education, on the basis of disability; ACKNOWLEDGING that Article 7 of the Constitution of Kenya provides for the national language of the Republic as Kiswahili and the official languages of the republic as Kiswahili and English; APPRECIATING that the Report of the Commission of Inquiry into Education in Kenya (the Ominde Commission of 1965) proposed that Kiswahili language be taught as a compulsory subject both in primary and secondary schools in Kenya with the aim of making the language a vehicle for literacy works relevant to community work of various kinds; COGNIZANT that Kiswahili language has been recognized as a unifying language in the East African Community (EAC), hence making it a lingua franca in the region; CONCERNED that under the new curriculum of education in Kenya that is being piloted, learners with hearing disability are not offered Kiswahili language in primary schools, secondary schools and primary teachers training colleges; NOW THEREFORE, the Senate calls upon the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology and other relevant state agencies to:- (i) offer Kiswahili language as a core subject to learners with hearing disability in primary schools, secondary schools and primary teacher colleges; (ii) come up with an elaborate syllabus for teaching Kiswahili as a core subject to deaf learners in primary, secondary and teacher training colleges; and (iii) come up with an elaborate syllabus for teaching Kenya Sign Language (KSL) as an optional subject for learners who have no hearing disability and for deaf learners. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am moving this Motion for the following reasons one, I am looking at learners with disabilities who are educable. We have learners who have severe impairment who are not educable but can access vocational training and life skills that will ensure that they get by with life. There is also a category of learners who are educable. These learners are the reason why I am moving this Motion. They are able to access education just like anyone The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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