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    "id": 822070,
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    "speaker_name": "Mathare, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Anthony Oluoch",
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    "content": "this Motion seeks to do something that is unconstitutional or at variance. I just remembered that questions of substance or the mis-description of a title should not distract us from the substance of this Motion. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, you will remember when we debated the 2018/2019 Appropriations Bill which then was passed into an Act, there was the question as to whether the Bill was properly before this House by mis-description of an Act that was either archaic or had not been used for about 50 years. With the guidance of Members such as Hon. Kimunya, the House was properly guided and we were able to go to the substance of the Committee of Supply and we dealt with it. So, I ask that we look at the substance of what Hon. Mishi has brought and not the technicalities therein. My second point is that as we urge in this Motion, this House should also consider that adequate funding and financing is very key. We may be able to establish special units in these various primary or secondary schools but unless they are backed with proper funding that is anchored in programmes that have continuity, we will be able to expose these persons to funding that either dries up after sometime – and they have been able to get used to it – or funding that is intermittent the way we heard about free primary school education textbooks appearing one time and the next time there are no text books. This will expose these vulnerable people in a manner that we do not want. In terms of the learning facilities and access, I have spoken about things like toiletries. We should think very clearly how these children live in a school that upholds their dignity. The Constitution talks about non-discrimination. It also talks about every person has the right to dignity. It also talks about the fact that every person has a right to dignity. We should think like Hon. Sankok. When a child with disability crawls to a toilet, what is it doing to the dignity of this person? That is important in terms of the facilities and learning. I also support the issue of examinations. We should look and re-evaluate the regulations that govern the amount of time and how we conduct examinations so that we do not subject this category of persons to the same standards and time as we do with able persons. My second last point is on the issue of transport and how they go to and from school. That is also important. We need to equip those schools with buses that specifically pick and drop persons with disabilities. There was a Motion about school feeding programmes. This is specifically important for persons with disabilities. They cannot go to their homes and back within one hour under the circumstances they are in. I thank Hon. Mishi and the Hon. Members who have found it fit to remain behind to support this Motion."
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