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    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve",
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        "legal_name": "Getrude Musuruve Inimah",
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    "content": "they should take them through capacity building on how to fish then give them a net to fish. Therefore, the person will not go back to the person who helped them because they would have already known how to fish. However, most CSRs are about donating money, water and fruits which are forgotten and not sustainable. Therefore, we need to ensure that we sensitize everyone about issues of disability. Madam Temporary Speaker some people get disabled through accidents. A person can wake up one morning and a tree falls on their hand and they lose it. A person can also have a road accident and lose one leg then he or she joins the club of PWDs. Therefore, there is need to sensitize everyone without leaving any population behind. The people who knew me before I became disabled knew that I could perform. That is why they helped me. I have a lot of confidence in myself because of the people around me. They gave me a reason to press on. They made me believe that I can make a significant impact in this society. The students of JKUAT also helped me a lot. Madam Temporary Speaker, I will be brief because I want other people to contribute to this Motion. This Motion suggests that we need a clear policy to inform the nation on the need to have a PWDs inclusive club which will help to create awareness and manage issues of inclusivity from the formative years. This will run across all the sections. Madam Temporary Speaker, there is need for concerted effort of the national Government through the Ministry of Education working in collaboration with the county governments through the Council of Governors (CoGs) to come up with a policy that will ensure that disability inclusiveness is done in schools and becomes law. This is because we do not want to leave any section or population behind; we have to move with everyone. The disability inclusive clubs should start from primary all the way to secondary schools, Teachers Training Colleges (TTCs) et cetera. We do not want a society that is ignorant and unaware of issues of disability. The entire world is becoming inclusive of PWDs. We do not want to continue to have special schools where PWDs are excluded. For example, we should not have churches or schools for PWDs. This is because, once we do that, there will be name tagging, labeling and all that. Once a person is labeled as disabled, people will not see their ability. Instead, they will only see their disability, for example, if a person is blind, it means that he or she cannot do anything. Therefore, that will make people to get into pity-paradigm. We are far from that. We should not allow pity-paradigm with regards to issues of disabilities. I beg to move this Motion and ask Sen. (Dr.) Milgo to second."
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