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    "id": 934904,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Kibiru",
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        "legal_name": "Charles Reubenson Kibiru",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, but like I have always done, I will keep it short and sweet. As I was saying, sign language is something that we have lived with. We have family members and people in our society who need to be encouraged not to feel inferior. They can use their limbs to articulate their issues. Madam Temporary Speaker, the Bill states that schools and institutions such as the Judiciary and Parliament need to have sign language interpreters. These people will assist in communicating what Members are saying in the House. In support of this Bill, I urge that all the Senators, counties and the national Government to take note of the serious issues that have been proposed here, so that we articulate this issue. The principle objectives of the Bill are well articulated. Majorly, it is to enable our siblings, friends, the Kenyan population and all the visitors, an opportunity to communicate. We have tourists who visit this country and are in this kind of state. Therefore, at the airports we need interpreters. When we are promoting the Kenyan brand out there, we need to, like we do for Persons with Disabilities (PWDs), state that when a visitor comes to Kenya, they will get someone to provide interpretation services. Madam Temporary Speaker, we have maps and tourist destinations. We need to take statistics of the visitors who come and how many have this inability. By providing these services, they will feel comfortable and become our ambassadors when they go back to their countries. One can never over-emphasize the importance of looking at the entire spectrum of this country; the economic and social issues, including the public transport system. We have the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR). Do we have interpreters for the people who are travelling using the SGR? It is good to have interpreters so that they make announcements such as: “We are about two kilometers away from our destination” I wanted to give my small piece of support to this Bill so that we at least encourage Senators to support the Bill in the reaming time. With those very few remarks, as I have been requested, this is a wonderful Bill and I thank you, Madam Speaker and Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve, for coming up with it."
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