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    "id": 884081,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Farhiya",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Farhiya Ali Haji",
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    "content": "As Senators, who are specially elected, we also represent them. That is why you can see in this House, there are only women left to discuss this issue. When people call us slay queens and that we came here the wrong way, I think they should come to this House because they will be informed differently because we speak to the issues that affect our society. In the same breath, marginalised people or people who are discriminated; the other time there was a court ruling regarding hijab. There are a couple of schools, students have been sent home because of wearing religious attires. In our religion, wearing hijab is not an option, it is a religious requirement. So, in the same breath of us representing people who are marginalised for the sake of inclusion and even extended beyond that, then the Ministry of Education should fast-track policies that clearly spell out people with disabilities are included in clubs and in education, among other things. In the same breath, people are also discriminated because of their religious beliefs. In the same Constitution, in the Bill of Rights, religion is one of the issues that you cannot be discriminated against. We have seen schools sending away girls because of wearing hijab, which is compulsory in our religion – we do not have a choice in terms of our religious beliefs. In terms of inclusion of people with disability and people who are discriminated, the Ministry of Education should fast track policies around those issues so that schools do not send students who are dressed like me because of their religious beliefs or because somebody with crutches like Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve is empowered to go about her business in terms of where she needs to go in terms of access of access in schools and students getting what they need to thrive as a society and in terms of their dreams and inspirations. Just like everybody else, people with disabilities need their space as well. They are part of this society and the earlier we include those policies in schools and the Ministry should develop those regulations or policies to ensure that schools take care of that. By this House passing this resolution through this Motion, I believe there will be changes in our society in terms of how we view our people with disability who are part and parcel of us because we are their sisters, mothers, brothers, sons or fathers. There is The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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