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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Sakaja",
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        "legal_name": "Johnson Arthur Sakaja",
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    "content": "just to children with these conditions of cerebral palsy, down-syndrome, autism, neurological disorders et cetera, but also the well-being of our society at the lowest level. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, tax reliefs and exemptions are also welcome because you find that persons living with disability, like Sen. Mwaura who represents persons with albinism and Sen. (Dr.) Msuruve who has a physical disability are able to get tax relief. They get tax exemptions. They do not pay PAYE and Income Tax. They get VAT exemptions as well, exemptions on everything, yet parents who have children with autism, who are more expensive to educate; it is difficult. I have a school in Marurui, Roysambu and a few others around Nairobi that are doing that, and they are helping. Why can those parents also not get tax relief or rebates as they educate these children who have such huge potential? Why do we not give them the equipment required? You find that these children concentrate on one thing for very long. They need colorful toys, but taxes are being levied on those toys that they require in those schools? It does not make sense at all. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, as I conclude, there is need for us to provide allocation properly for that specialized training at Kenya Medical Training College (KMTC) and our medical schools. As we train our nurses, doctors and caregivers, it is specialized training because it is a huge number of children and adults who are affected by these neurological disorders. I thank the Senator who has brought this Motion. I hope that we can translate it into actually amendments to the law. At the end of the day, as I said earlier, it is our values, it is what to prioritize, it is our heart and that is what we need to start looking into. Thank you."
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