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    "id": 953849,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/953849/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13188,
        "legal_name": "Getrude Musuruve Inimah",
        "slug": "getrude-musuruve-inimah"
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we have to intervene, as a country, so that caregivers are actually helped. There is need to empathize with them; we need to wear their shoes and lenses. There is need to ensure that we take care of our vulnerable children in the society. Most of the time, they are abandoned and no one cares or talks about them. When people talk about them, they are sometimes used as rubberstamps, where their photographs are taken and used to make money, which does not eventually reach the children. There is need to ensure, as a country, that we are concerned about our children with disabilities who are not mobile and cannot reason rationally like anyone else. This is because they have a right to live. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I will share the plight and pain of one parent who asked, “Where was I when God was giving others non-disabled children?” That is just the frustration of one parent I read about on social media. I sympathize with her, but hope that my parents do not ask the same question. There is need to empathize with the caregivers of these children because they go through painful moments, like being branded in the society. There is also need for caregivers to be trained and the society to be sensitized on issues of disability. There is also need for the national and county governments to have programmes for caregivers, raising awareness on issues of disability and embracing the caregivers to children with disabilities. They can even have projects for children who are not able to go far in the society, because these children also matter. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, as we do development, we need to bring their caregivers on board. The caregivers are the brains, legs, skin, eyes and everything for these children. 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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