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    "id": 801640,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/801640/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Rev.) Waqo",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13178,
        "legal_name": "Naomi Jilo Waqo",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, thank you for giving me this opportunity to add my voice to this important Motion on registration of Persons with Disabilities (PWDs). It is 55 years since Kenya got Independence.Talking about this and stating that we do not have the data that can guide the nation shows that we have not played our role well. That is why I support this and I urge the relevant institution to take necessary action and do the proper finding. We all know that PWDs have been neglected in the past. In fact, in the African context, when a child is born with disability the child is known to be the mother’s while all the bright, strong and the beautiful girls and handsome boys belong to the father. Most of the time, it is the women who suffer, they go through a lot of negligence and trauma. They suffer in many ways simply because our country has not given them any opportunity. I know women in my village who have tried to hide their children who are born with disabilities and do not want to talk about this because they do not want to disclose the shame related to disability. It is high time for us, as a nation, to give this the attention it deserves and request our Government to fund the necessary institutions so as to get the data that can guide us. Many PWDs have been exploited and misused in many ways. When we get to know the data the whole nation will be guided. They deserve education; many of them have been denied that opportunity. They also need proper shelter because the housesor the small huts they live in are not conducive enough. It is high time the Government considered giving them proper bedding, clothing and anything they need to be comfortable as long as they are here on earth. In fact, as a Government, we should plan for their basic needs.As a result, these people can sit as their mothers fetch firewood, feed other children and engage in other chores. Even for the ladies who are employed, it is not easy to take care of their disabled children. It is known that the people living in the cities are given attention while the others in the villages are neglected. My request is that even as we give attention to the people who live in towns or the people who are known to the politicians, we should give the same attention to the people who live in the rural areas, who nobody thinks or talks about. With those few remarks, I support the Motion and congratulate the Mover."
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