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    "content": "are brought into this world and, not by their own liking, they are unable to perform other things that other people are able to do. It is imperative for the Ministry of Education to set up schools for children with disabilities. We need to devise methods teaching these children the English language, as Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve observed. Some of our children were brought up in very humble backgrounds and their parents were unable to speak English. When a child is diagnosed, for instance, with dyslexia, it is important for us, as a country, to provide him with the conducive environment for learning. We know very famous people in this world who are dyslexic. Some people did not believe in them. Today, some of them are great mathematicians and scientists. For example, Albert Einstein is a great scientist irrespective of the fact that many people did not believe he could achieve that status in life. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I support this Motion and I hope the current Minister knows the importance of having a child. A child, whether disabled or able should be accorded the opportunities that every human being must have in this world. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, focusing on the immediate, when the child is young, at the intermediary level, those skills should be introduced. We have got to bring a balance. English language should be taught in our schools, but we must also promote our cultures. There is a distinguished Senator who brought a Motion before this House on introduction of Kiswahili sign language in schools. Our Constitution recognizes two languages as the national languages in this country. That is English and Kiswahili. However, we have to think seriously about our mother tongues. We have to equip our schools with the necessary equipment. Last year, we were talking about the laptop project. However, very few pupils have been provided with laptops by this Jubilee Administration. I wonder whether they have started schools with laptops centres so that they benefit as many children as possible. It is imperative that we look at different strategies. This is because the needs of our children are different. For example, a disabled child in Narok County may not learn as fast as a child in Nairobi County. We know it is very expensive to teach children with disabilities. I realised this when I took a child who is dear to me to a very expensive private school. However, that school was unable to handle the child. The child is dyslexic. They advised me to take him to a public school with facilities to handle such children. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, it is important and I hope the Ministry will take this matter seriously. We need to equip our schools with the necessary facilities so that they can take care of our physically challenged children. I suggest that every school in this country should have a class with two or three dedicated teachers to teach children with disabilities. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for this child to understand what they are being taught in school, they have to learn in a conducive environment. I know Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve is a trained teacher. She says some teachers did not understand the curriculum. I agree with her that once the report is done and forwarded to the Ministry, they come up with programmes of training teachers to handle children with disabilities. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes"
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