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    "id": 934857,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve",
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        "legal_name": "Getrude Musuruve Inimah",
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    "content": "do so, the deaf pupils are happy to teach them during the whole lesson. They may correct teachers but also tell them how stupid they are because of not signing well. However, it is an expense. When TTCs train teachers on KSL, it will be a plus for this nation. Apart from that, an element of KSL should be taught in TVETs. More importantly, if universities embrace KSL, they will also help in the development of this area. You will be shocked that there is no single book that is read by people who talk so much about KSL, to see how they can develop the area. You will also be shocked to find out that they just talk based on what they know. There is need for a scholarly approach to ensure that we enrich this area. This Bill proposes that county governments should ensure that they develop KSL. It will be incumbent upon county governments to set some money aside to ensure that KSL is taught to siblings of the deaf children, parents and guardians, so that when the deaf children go back home, they can communicate with them using KSL. The Bill also proposes that county governments should not ignore this area. What happens during national functions? Sometimes county governments hire interpreters on a need basis. During a national function, they may be hired to interpret for two hours. This is not something to joke about. County governments should have permanent interpreters so that in the event that there is a function in a particular county, interpreters are deployed to go and work. They should know that they have permanent jobs. Even when they are employed permanently, county governments need to ensure the deaf are also employed, so that they interact with them. I do not want to lie about this. I have realised that in this country, people use the deaf as a business but they are not concerned about developing the deaf child. People are busy learning KSL to only become interpreters in order to deliver information. However, if you look at who they deliver to, you will realise that they deliver to themselves because sometimes the deaf are not even there. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, it is sad to say that there are people in this country who are happy about the status quo when the deaf are ignorant and not educated so that they misuse them. It is painful and they should not be tolerated. Prof. Ndurumo said that if he gets an opportunity to come to the Senate, he will take Senators through the real issues when it comes to education for the deaf. I just heard someone talking on television and, I think it was Prof. Akech. He said harshly that President Uhuru Kenyatta and hon. Raila Odinga should learn KSL. What for? Why are we dragging the President in such issues when the country that is led by President Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta has institutions in place to fill this gap? We have the KICD and the President is not a curriculum developer. There is an institution that does that. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, there is need for us to deliberately address this issue. We should not politicize issues to do with education for the deaf. I would like people to envision being deaf or having a deaf child. It is painful. While others can easily go through issues that can make them noble people in this society, the deaf are just stagnating. There are people who are happy about the status quo and they do not mind. 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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