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    "id": 884073,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Milgo",
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        "legal_name": "Milgo Alice Chepkorir",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, I thank Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve once again, because it is through the school clubs where we can have membership and relationships where we can develop a case of remembering one another. That is peer to peer mentorship. We, therefore, need to encourage college and school principals and headteachers to assist students to develop what we call peer to peer mentorship. This is where a student will take up a PWD child and walk them around, mentor them and help them to take up various skills based on what is going on within the school. By the end of it all, that physically challenged student will feel that they are appreciated and that they are part of the society. Finally, there is need for our country to put in place a policy framework, through the Ministry of Education, to ensure that clubs and societies in schools are all-inclusive. This is because inclusivity is what we are crying for everywhere. We, as women, have been crying for inclusive laws, and PWDs are no exception. We are supposed to bring them on board so that we talk about clubs, academia and whatever else. They should be able to use clubs to gain talents and skills to even solve their own problems. It is through clubs that children can also be allowed to communicate, as happens in debating clubs. Actually, some of the greatest debaters in Parliament have been members of debating clubs. In the same way, we can enable PWDs to express themselves; that way, they can even be allowed to explain how they are feeling. It is through this that they learn problem-solving skills such as communication, decision- making and so on, and so forth. Madam Temporary Speaker, there are also clubs that are subjects-related. From here, PWDs can be enabled to learn and excel such that in the future, they can join institutions of higher learning or, in this case, they can excel and be able to join the job market like any other person. Madam Temporary Speaker, with those few remarks, I beg to support this Motion. It should be taken up seriously; I even wish that it was a Bill so that it will be implemented within the school environment. This is because in the 21st century, it is long overdue that, as a democratic country, we must have an all-inclusive learning environment in schools. Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker."
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