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    "id": 823120,
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    "speaker_name": "Nominated, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. David ole Sankok",
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        "id": 78,
        "legal_name": "Cecily Mutitu Mbarire",
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    "content": "never access the Members’ offices in Continental House. It is shameful that this is the same House that makes laws. The Persons with Disabilities Act of 2003 is an Act of this House yet the implementation part of it is wanting. Some private buildings and institutions have implemented this Act and the United Nations Convection on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, which this country ratified in 2008. Therefore, it is domesticated and it is part of our laws. Some of our private institutions have implemented all this, but the House that made these laws and ratified the international instrument is not implementing these rules. It is pathetic. When it comes to the issue of parking, Parliament has tried. They have marked parking slots reserved for people with disabilities, but marking is not enough. When you sandwich your car between two vehicles in a normal parking, it becomes very difficult for you, who is on a wheelchair, to alight because you need more space for the wheelchair. Some of these issues are not taken into consideration. We also have to encourage the implementation of the Persons with Disabilities Act of 2003 and even Article 54 of our Constitution, which also demands that persons with disabilities should be given employment opportunities. Persons with disabilities working in Parliament do not meet the threshold. I suggest that the Committee considers engaging persons with visual impairment in the massage section within our gym. Persons with visual impairment are normally the best masseuse. You know when it comes to massage, it is tactile or feeling. You do not use sight when it comes to massage. It is known all over the world that somebody who is blind is the best person to offer you massage. So, I encourage the Committee to engage people from the Machakos Technical Institute for the Blind, who are very good in massaging. I am talking from experience. These people can massage you very well. The only thing is that you have to control them so that they do not go to some areas because they do not see."
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