{"id":805164,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/805164/?format=json","text_counter":229,"type":"other","speaker_name":"","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"REGISTRATION OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES THAT, AWARE that the National Council for Persons with Disabilities was established through the Persons with Disabilities Act, 2003; FURTHER AWARE that registration of persons living with disabilities is a function of the National Council for Persons with Disabilities; ALSO AWARE that persons living with disabilities are estimated to be about 10 per cent of any given population; COGNIZANT that for purposes of registration of persons living with disability, it is a mandatory requirement for one to undergo medical examination by a registered medical officer in a registered and certified health facility; CONCERNED that of the nearly four million Kenyans living with disabilities who reside in Kenya, there is a very small fraction of the number which is duly registered; AWARE that medical services are now a devolved function; FURTHER CONCERNED that without proper registration, many persons living with disabilities are denied services because they lack the necessary proof of disability; ALSO CONCERNED that owing to lack of accurate data on persons living with disabilities, the government at both levels cannot plan properly for this category of people; NOW THEREFORE"}