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    "id": 961047,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Mwaura",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Isaac Maigua Mwaura",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, what will we do with this data if we cannot keep our PWDs in employment? What will we do with the information we got from the Huduma Number, if the people who are of various impairments and who need constant medical attention are being denied the opportunity to earn a decent living by way of being retired illegally? When you come to the academia, generally professors retire at the age of 70 years. However, because the age of 65 for the public service is already so stipulated, then the members of the faculty who happen to be disabled are not being accorded the extra five years. Therefore, this Motion seeks to confer the equal benefit to members of the academia, so that they too can continue to contribute. By the way, you may ask, “What is the utilitarian value of keeping a disabled person in the office?” I mean disabled people do not move around a lot. They take their work very seriously. They are very diligent and the best example we have is none other than Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve, who is always here. You do not need to go anywhere further; she is here. That is what many are able to do. In fact, some research that was done by Ipsos-Synovate proved that when given the necessary facilities, PWDs are able to have more productivity than an average worker. You can even get that from Safaricom Ltd, which is the biggest employer of disabled people. They have a target of having five per cent of their employees being PWDs by 2021. I hope they can get it. They are now at one per cent. We are working with other employers like Barclays Bank, Loreal and recently Shoprite, to ensure that there is a special measure just to include PWDs within the programmes of diversity and inclusion. You have to make a deliberate effort. Otherwise, on average, the stories that people have when they are looking for employment is that, yes, on a prima facie basis, you make an application. However, when you appear before the interview panel, they do not know how to deal with you."
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