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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Kihika",
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        "legal_name": "Susan Wakarura Kihika",
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    "content": "education. As Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve brings this Motion, it is obvious that there is a gap in this area. As a country, through the 8-4-4 system of education, I do not like this system. It seems set up for the kids who are academically strong and tends to leave behind those who have special needs or any other kind of needs or are not even as competitive in class. I would wish we had a system that carried everybody along and left no one behind. From seeing what Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve is trying to do, she is trying to make sure that even for the population of special needs that has hearing impairment, they are not left behind. I am a bit astounded that there are people opposing this noble idea in the sense that it is trying to make sure that these kids get education. We all know that 90 per cent of what is taught in classes in this country is in English. Therefore, without having this Signing Exact English as one of the ways in which these kids can be taught consistently across the country and tested in a consistent way. My background is not in education, but I have caught on from reading the Motion that Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve has brought. It will go a long way in making sure that these kids get a syllabus that is consistent like the other pupils in class. Although, they are disabled, we should make sure that they are at par with the other pupils. Just because they have hearing impairment, it does not mean that they do not have the cognitive level of the other pupils in classroom. It simply means that they have to be taught differently. I am surprised that anybody and especially from the community of people living with disabilities would be so opposed even to messaging Senators as we have heard, trying to lobby for us not to pass the Motion. I stand here to make sure that this Motion passes. I also pray that Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve will not stop here and will not be intimidated. However, we do acknowledge that it is their right to have a different opinion but I hope for this noble Motion that she has brought, she will push it forward as I have seen her do. We have heard a lot about her background; she has done a lot of schooling and so, she is a professional in this filed. She did not bring this Motion without knowing or understanding what she wants to achieve. I hope and know that Senators - from what everybody who has talked before - will rally behind her and support her. We see the kind of passion that she can bring in the area of people living with disabilities. In my life, I have grown up with a brother who had polio at an early age. I have seen how difficult it is for a person with disability to maneuver in this country. When you look at buildings, either offices or apartments, they are constructed without considering people with wheelchairs who cannot use stairs to get to where they are going. It is extremely discriminatory. By Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve bringing this Motion, she is solving one of the obstacles that people living with disabilities have, especially, with those who have hearing impairment challenges. They are unable to be taught properly like the other pupils in class."
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