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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, by the end of the day, statistics must speak to the realities of people’s problems. If they just remain to be numbers that we crunch, then they do not make sense. In fact, if you want to have a boring session even in this August House, start talking numbers. I have noted that were it not for the fact that the Senate primarily specializes in the distribution of resources between the two levels of Government, when we have finance or budget-based Bills, the debate may not be as robust. This is something I also observed when I was in the National Assembly. However, data must speak to the real human problems of the society. It must bring to the fore the actual challenges that people face on the ground. That is what we anticipate this Bill to help us achieve. However, even if that is the case, the final decision is always a political one. The person that makes a determination and the priority of where resources will be allocated makes a political decision because we are always competing. So, this Bill is good because political decisions in this country have been made based on other considerations, for example, ethnic orientations, nepotism, including personal whims. I commend my sister and friend, Sen. Farhiya, for taking up this Bill and for making sure that we debate it. We believe that this will help us to move to the next level. Kenya is seen in this region as a leader in many ways, including statistics. You do not find this in many African countries. The mis-governance that you find around is largely as a result of the fact this data lacks. I imagine that this Bill will also help us to properly document the situation of persons with disabilities in the counties. I also hope that when we will do the pre-census on 24th and 25th August, 2018, we will have passed it. This Bill concerns counties. Therefore, I hope that it may not have to go to the National Assembly so as to avoid any form of delay. We can utilize the Washington Group of Questions to really capture the data of persons with disabilities. The lack of this desegregated data by gender, type of disability and region has meant that inadequate resources are allocated to ameliorate the situation that currently obtains. Therefore, as we pass this Bill, I hope that it lives to ensure that we have a better Kenya and counties that are strong. May it help us in the fight against corruption which threatens to obliterate the many gains that we have made in this country. I support."
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