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    "id": 823431,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Siaya CWR, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Christine Ombaka",
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        "legal_name": "Christine Oduor Ombaka",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity. This country believes in free and compulsory education for every child because education is a right for everybody. We also believe in integrating all communities. If we are to integrate all communities and tribes, it also means that we need to integrate children with disabilities in schools where we consider children to have no disabilities. This is a very good Motion. I support it because it shows we are interested in integrating children with disabilities in schools where normal children are. Secondly, I would not really emphasise the need to establish such units in every primary and secondary school. Sometimes you find a primary school close to another or a secondary school very close to another. Due to lack of teachers and resources, we may need to establish just one school in a constituency or ward so that we can save on staff and resources. Otherwise, this is a very good Motion. The very fact that those are children with disabilities also means that their lifestyles are special. They need more funding and a lot of resources. That means the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology should invest a lot in such schools. The needs of these children are more expensive than any other. I have in mind a school in my county where children require special type of sanitary pads yet they cannot afford them. The children cannot take care of themselves and they need special pads. It has been very difficult for them. The Ministry of Education, Science and Technology should invest heavily in special schools. Otherwise, this is a very good Motion and I support it."
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