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    "id": 932544,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Prof.) Kamar",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Margaret Jepkoech Kamar",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me the opportunity, despite the limited time. I thank Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve for bringing this Statement here. I also thank the Senator for Taita Taveta County who woke up all of us with the news of the appointment while I was in Paris. I acknowledge and appreciate it because it was the surprise of the year. I also register my appreciation to His Excellency the President for giving me this opportunity. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, my involvement with the disabled has been a long journey. However, I did not know that I will be a member of the trustee. It starts from when I was a principal in campus. We had a professor for the deaf called Mr. Ndurumo. He is a deaf person and a specialist in the area. A few weeks ago, we looked at a Bill that Sen. (Dr) Musuruve has talked about. I would like to inform this House that the most amazing thing about PWDS is that they are able in many ways. When we had our public hearing on the Bill, some parents came out strongly and said that it is good to prepare the country well. The most important area of preparation is for a child to learn sign language. We were encouraged when some parents said that we need to teach every child the language that we have in our Constitution, called the Sign Language. This is because deaf children are normal in all ways, except that they cannot express themselves in other languages that we have. The Constitution has Sign Language as one of the official languages. Therefore, we need to teach it to our children. That is the plea that they gave. Otherwise, I thank Senators who sent congratulatory messages through the social media. I thank Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve, in particular, for bringing this Statement and His Excellency the President for giving me the opportunity."
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