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    "speaker_name": "Nominated, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. David ole Sankok",
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        "legal_name": "Halima Yussuf Mucheke",
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    "content": " Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I wish to start by appreciating my sister, Hon. Dennitah Ghati, for bringing this Motion to the House. Members should be alive to the fact that each of us is a candidate for disability. Hon. Dennitah is a living example because she entered the 11th Parliament as person without disability and later on she became disabled and that is why she is very passionate on issues to do with disability. We should also be alive to the fact that we have made some strides as a country. We are number one in Africa when it comes to disability rights. In terms of accessibility, it should not only be to the environment or the transport system, but also to information and other services. In Kenya, sign language is the third official language. It is displayed on our television screens so that persons with hearing impairment can access information. This should be done in this House. Access to the SGR by the PWDs is almost at 100 per cent. So, we believe and trust that BRT will also be accessible to persons living with disabilities. What is disability? It is when you put a barrier before a human being. If I have a wheel chair and there is no ramp, I will need your assistance, but if there was a ramp, I will not need your assistance. Therefore, I will not be disabled. If I have a hearing impairment and my teacher does not understand sign language, my disability will be exaggerated by the fact that barriers have been placed. These are the barriers that we are pleading to be removed so that we can enjoy just like any other person in this country. As I said earlier, we have made some strides as a country courtesy of the Jubilee administration led by Hon. Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta, who has made sure that we have access to Government procurement opportunity. There is also a unit in the training of architects and civil engineers that is specific to accessibility. Most of the ministries have mainstreamed disability issues and one of the performance indicators of governments is disability mainstreaming. We appreciate the strides that have been made, but we are asking for more to be done. We are not yet there. Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker."
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