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"speaker_title": "Hon. David ole Sankok",
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"content": "Hon. Speaker, our achievements have placed Kenya at the apex of disability rights in Africa and position six in the world. Among our most notable achievements to which the international community has indicated great appreciation include: (1) Access to Government procurement opportunities by persons with disabilities with at least two per cent of all public procurement opportunities reserved for persons with disability, which is an economic empowerment model found nowhere else in the world apart from Kenya. (2) Tax exemption enjoyed by persons with disabilities employed both in the Government and private sector. (3) Introduction of disability mainstreaming as a very important indicator in performance contracting of all Government ministries, departments and agencies. (4) The introduction of disability accessibility as a study unit in training of architectures and engineers in Kenya. (5) The provision of sign language interpreters as a mandatory part of all news bulletins in local media as well as in our public meetings. (6) His Excellency the President directives on inclusive education for learners with disabilities. Hon. Speaker, in my personal contribution to the Assembly of State Parties in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, I emphasised on the need for public participation in the production of mobility devices like wheelchairs, calipers, white canes and crutches. For a long time Africa has been a dumping ground of such devices manufactured abroad. Yet, a mobility device is like a medical prescription."
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