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    "id": 961074,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/961074/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Sakaja",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Johnson Arthur Sakaja",
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    "content": "We, as a country, should take a human rights approach on issues of disability and development because our Constitution says that international laws and treaties form part of our law. That is why we, as a country, are bound to the UNCRPD. I am glad to have attended many sessions of the UNCRPD as the head of delegation and Kenya has made strides when it comes to issues of PWDs. The proposal by Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve is nothing much to ask for. In fact, this should be passed quickly, so that we continue to look at larger inventions. Human rights approach will tell you that a child living with disability needs to have an equal opportunity in life just like a normal child. Human rights-based approach will also tell you that all of us need a hand when it comes to accessing opportunities. It is just that our level of inaccessibility I different. If you went to Kenyatta International Convention Centre (KICC) and there were no stairs and lift, none of us would go to my office on the 26th Floor. There are stairs for those of us who can walk and a lift. When we fail to provide further for those who have a disability of a physical nature, then we will be denying them their right of accessing the same offices that normal persons can. That should be the way of thinking. The conventional way had been to look at disability as an abnormality or medical condition. Sen. Ochillo-Ayacko has just told us that anything can happen even to those of us without disability. He forgot to mention a Member from his County of Migori who was able-bodied in the previous Parliament, but she got an accident. I used to sit with her in the House Business Committee (HBC) of the National Assembly. When she got an accident, it took us time to realise that PWDs could not access the First Floor of the Main Parliament Buildings. She could no longer attend Committee meetings because the lifts had not been working for months. Unless we open our eyes to see how our friends are disadvantaged socially, economically and politically, we will not have meaningful interventions to address these issues. 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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