Entry Instance

HTTP 200 OK
Allow: GET, PUT, PATCH, DELETE, HEAD, OPTIONS
Content-Type: application/json
Vary: Accept

{
    "id": 826133,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/826133/?format=api",
    "text_counter": 310,
    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve",
    "speaker_title": "",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13188,
        "legal_name": "Getrude Musuruve Inimah",
        "slug": "getrude-musuruve-inimah"
    },
    "content": "come to this House will address all these issues we have talked about. It will address the SEE, the KSL and all upcoming issues with regard to language needs of the deaf. Madam Temporary Speaker, apart from sign language, I have been pricked to go ahead and think of other Bills that will help more than just the deaf community. This is because I am not here to represent the deaf, but all PWDs in the country. I want to do it with a passion and give it my best. I am sure that with the help of my fellow Senators, scholars in this House, Senators who are objective and have interacted with PWDs, we are going to come up with very many Bills that will ensure that the life of PWDs in this country will be better than it is now. Madam Temporary Speaker, one Senator talked about the Association for the Physically Disabled of Kenya (APDK), which owns many prime properties. Let me say candidly on the Floor of this House that it is unfortunate that we have these organisations that deal with PWDs. They need to be brought to task and be asked what they have done in this area. This is because some of these organisations get a lot of funding to deal with issues of disability. However, when you go to the ground or to the classrooms, you will find that there are neither books nor the necessary infrastructure. Unfortunately, when you ask for funding from the same organisations to carry out noble tasks on disability, they will not fund you. I say this without blinking and without fear; that even the National Council for Persons with Disabilities (NCPWD), which was set up for the purpose of fighting for issues of disability, falls in the same category. If you go to them with a proposal on developing instructional materials for the PWDs, they will not fund you, get back to you and they do not give a damn. Madam Temporary Speaker, this country needs to get serious about issues of disability and ensure that PWDs are not used as a rubber stamp. Gone are the days when PWDs were seen in the charity paradigm. Right now, we have to be inclusive and ensure that we are handling our PWDs objectively. They are not objects of pity, but we have to carry them and develop with them. As we develop economically, let us also develop with our PWDs. Madam Temporary Speaker, I thank all Senators for supporting me in this Motion. I believe that it will go to the next level of a Bill. I beg to reply."
}