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"content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. Yes, today I am acting as Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, pursuant to Standing Order No.47(1), I rise to make a Statement on the appointment of Sen. (Prof.) Margaret Kamar, MP, as a trustee of the National Fund for the Disabled of Kenya. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I take this opportunity to congratulate Sen. (Prof.) Margaret Kamar, MP, on her appointment as one of the Trustees for the National Fund of the Disabled of Kenya. His Excellency President, Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta, who is the Patron of the Fund, via Gazette Notice No.10746, appointed Sen. (Prof.) Kamar, amongst other Kenyans, as a Trustee of the Fund. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Fund was registered in 1981 with a core mandate of enhancing the social and economic empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (PwDs). The Fund has been instrumental in provision of start-up capital for businesses owned by PwDs. I have known Sen. (Prof.) Kamar as a fellow Senator and Member of the Standing Committee on Education, where I sit. Ever since I joined Parliament, Sen. (Prof.) Kamar has been a close companion regarding issues of disability. When we were very new in Parliament, I invited her to my office and we had a lengthy chat on real issues that pertain to disability support. One of the issues we discussed was the lack of support for PwDs, who had organizations and initiatives that would make a positive change in this country. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, through our scholarly and legislative deliberations with Sen. (Prof.) Kamar, we identified lacunas in special needs education. We then agreed on scholarly and legislative interventions in filling the gaps. The discussions with Sen. (Prof.) Kamar saw the completion of resource documents that I authored through Living Beyond Cancer Disability (LIBCAD). The resource documents include Signing MadeEasy, Learners Book 1, Signing Made Easy, Teachers Guide; and an anthology; I speakfor the Deaf and Hard of Hearing. With the encouragement of Sen. (Prof.) Kamar, these resource documents were submitted to the Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development (KICD) for the normal procedures. They underwent vetting, corrections and are in the orange book as support materials. These books were launched in Kapsoya School for the Deaf in Uasin Gishu County during the first Senate Mashinani . Further, through the Senate Standing Committee on Education, the books were distributed for free to schools in Kitui County when we went for the second Senate"
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