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    "id": 963947,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/963947/?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",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, it is important for PWDs to be heard and involved in county and national conversations. I want to say right here and I will say this without blinking and fear, I was at the Bomas of Kenya in the morning. We were talking about the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI). The PWDs were not given a chance to speak for themselves. When we are talking about discrimination and the marginalized, let it come out clearly that women and the youth talk about marginalization because they are marginalized. However, PWDs are the most marginalized and, therefore, their voice ought to be heard. When it comes to sports in counties, there is need for county governors to ensure that they prioritize issues of disability and giving them a chance to participate in sports. What is happening is that there are PWDs with talent which has not been nurtured. Most of the time people look at them from a pity paradigm even when they have a talent or education and they have a disability. Sometimes people do not notice. Even when you have ideas that can be brought in decision making, people do not notice because they have a notion that PWDs are supposed to be in abject poverty, cannot deliver or they are poor. When you defy the odds as someone with a disability and you are able to excel in sports, academics or other areas, sometimes whatever the talent you have does not pop out. In many cases, and I would not fear to say this, people prefer representing PWDs, where they say: “I am doing this for PWDs.” However if a PWD himself or herself does"
}