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    "speaker_name": "Kitui West, WDM-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Edith Nyenze",
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        "legal_name": "Edith Nyenze",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I stand to support this Motion of establishing special needs units in every primary and secondary school. I also note that it is very good to integrate pupils who are physically challenged with others who are leading a normal life because they will learn and also feel part of the society. They will feel appreciated. From there, they will develop freely. I am saying that because I am educating one boy whose hearing is impaired. His hearing has a problem. He is in a boarding school and I find him having difficulties integrating with normal students because he feels shy every time he mixes with the others. So, there is need to integrate the physically challenged pupils with others who are leading a normal life. I also note that we might not have enough resources even bearing in mind that the physically challenged may not be many. I am sure there might be problems with the resources needed to establish these units in every primary and secondary school. So, my suggestion would be that we just establish as per need. We identify a few schools where we would put the children who are physically challenged and we start the units in schools as per need. If we start in all the schools, we might just be wasting resources. I think that can also be looked into. In addition to establishing these units, it is also good to have free medical care and education. There is a family in my constituency where all the members are physically challenged. They are mentally handicapped and in such a family, it is good for them to be taken care of. In fact, I am in the process of making sure that the children get education in the right institutions and that the family members are catered for or taken to the right institutions because there is no one to take care of them."
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