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    "content": "The County of Makueni invited me at one time when they were doing their planning process, because they want to build schools for PWDs. The most critical thing when you are designing an institution is that you need to know the numbers. More importantly, besides the numbers I asked them: “What are the specifics of the disabilities?” The way you design a built environment for someone who is visually challenged is different from someone who has a mobility challenge. So, even as we ask that the registration should happen, I concur with one of the Senators who said that we need to know the specifics of the disabilities as part of the registration process. Besides that, all these need to be catered for, from county to county because each county has its own plan for their disabled. So, they need their numbers with this kind of clarity. It is sad that in the built environments we have to be challenged all the time when we are designing to remember about the PWDs. If we knew, as consultants, that we have 10 per cent of our population living with disabilities, we would be approaching our design activities differently. Today I took a walk from Parliament to Kenyatta Avenue to have a cup of tea. It hit me that somebody who has a challenge either in mobility, visually or any other type, will have a challenge to cover that short distance. So, definitely, as Kenyans and consultants, we have a challenge in recognising that PWDs are people living amongst us and need to be embraced in our everyday life. They should not be discriminated against the way we tend to do. I look forward to the passage of this Motion and further contributions from the Senators if the opportunity will be there. It is sad that these people are being discriminated against in this day and age in this wonderful country. Madam Temporary Speaker, I support this Motion and request that Sen. Khaniri makes sure what has been proposed by several Senators who spoke is done. Thank you."
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