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    "id": 822057,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/822057/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mandera South, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Ali Adan",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Adan Hajj Ali",
        "slug": "adan-haji-ali"
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. At the outset, I would like to also add my voice in support of this important Motion, particularly where it urges the Government, through the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology to establish a special needs unit in every primary and secondary school. This Motion is very timely. As my colleague has already said, in the whole County of Mandera, we have only one unit. In Mandera South we have none. Special needs education is a broad term to describe especially designed constructions that meet the unique needs of children who have disabilities. Articles 53(b) and 54 of the Constitution guarantee free and compulsory basic education for every child and provide right of every person with disability. Learning disabilities should not be limited but must cover a wide spectrum of disorders ranging from mild to severe. They can include mental, physical, behavioural and emotional disabilities. Special needs primary schools must therefore cover as many as those who are able differently, such as autism, visual impairment, emotional disturbances, hearing disorders, intellectual disability as well as orthopedic impairment. It must also cover speech or language impairment, as this is becoming all too often in Kenya today. There are also areas like thrombotic brain injuries that need special attention."
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