{"count":1608389,"next":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/?format=json&page=137660","previous":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/?format=json&page=137658","results":[{"id":1393001,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1393001/?format=json","text_counter":170,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Nakuru County, UDA","speaker_title":"Hon. Liza Chelule","speaker":null,"content":"Kwa hayo machache, naunga mkono Riporti hii."},{"id":1393002,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1393002/?format=json","text_counter":171,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Nakuru County, UDA","speaker_title":"Hon. Liza Chelule","speaker":null,"content":"Ahsante."},{"id":1393003,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1393003/?format=json","text_counter":172,"type":"scene","speaker_name":"","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"(Question proposed)"},{"id":1393004,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1393004/?format=json","text_counter":173,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Omboko Milemba","speaker_title":"The Temporary Speaker","speaker":{"id":13328,"legal_name":"Jeremiah Omboko Milemba","slug":"jeremiah-omboko-milemba"},"content":" The first bite goes to Hon. John Namoit, the Member for Turkana South. In the absence of Hon. Namoit, let us have Hon. Harrison Kombe, the Member for Magarini."},{"id":1393005,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1393005/?format=json","text_counter":174,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Magarini, ODM","speaker_title":"Hon. Harrison Kombe","speaker":null,"content":" Ahsante, Mhe. Spika wa Muda, kwa kunipatia nafasi kuchangia Riporti hii ya Kamati ya Mshikamano wa Kitaifa na Fursa Sawa. Kwa hakika, kati ya mashirika yaliokuja mbele ya Kamati, ni wazi kuwa kiwango cha walemavu kiko chini ya wastani unaohitajika na kupendekezwa na Katiba. Ulemavu sio ugonjwa. Haimaanishi kuwa walemavu hawawezi kufanya kazi. Hivyo, kuna haja ya kuwahushisha na kuwapa ajira katika nyanja zote. Kwa mfano, nimejumuisha walemavu katika kamati yangu ya NG-CDF na hata ofisini mwangu. Pia nimeona mlemavu akiwa katibu wa kudumu katika wizara husika katika Kaunti yangu. Tulipokumbwa na mafuriko huku Bate, Eneo Bunge la Magarini, Waziri huyo wa Kudumu alihusika vilivyo na kuhakisha kuwa waathiriwa walihamishwa na kupelekwa katika sehemu sawa, na pia wamepata chakula kutoka kwa wizara yake. Kusema kweli: “ Disability is not inability .” Walemavu wana uwezo wa kufanya vyema zaidi hata kuliko sisi tulio wazima. Hatufai kuwabagua kwa sababu Katiba imekataa ubaguzi kwa walemavu au mtu mwingine yeyote kwa sababu ya maumbile. Leo hii tuko wazima, lakini haimaanishi kuwa unavyozaliwa ndivyo unavyokua. Mara nyingi, tumeona ajali nyingi zinazowaacha watu wakiwa walemavu. Naomba Bunge hili liunge mkono Riporti hii ili tuweze kuwaweka walemavu mahali wanapostahili kama Wakenya wengine. Ahsante, Mhe. Spika wa Muda."},{"id":1393006,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1393006/?format=json","text_counter":175,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Omboko Milemba","speaker_title":"The Temporary Speaker","speaker":{"id":13328,"legal_name":"Jeremiah Omboko Milemba","slug":"jeremiah-omboko-milemba"},"content":" Hon. Wanjiku Muhia."},{"id":1393007,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1393007/?format=json","text_counter":176,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Kipipiri, UDA","speaker_title":"Hon. Wanjiku Muhia","speaker":null,"content":" Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me this opportunity. I have been waiting for this Report. I congratulate the Committee on a well-done Report. The Committee audited 39 institutions which is a representation of our country. We are in the process of repealing the 2003 Act. I have reviewed the Report, and I hope the Chairperson and the Committee will present their suggestions to the relevant Committee to improve the new Act. It would have been fair if this Committee started by auditing Parliament. I have complied with those requirements by employing two PWDs in my constituency office. I am aware that the law requires inclusion even on the NG-CDF Board. I urge all honourable members to consider auditing their operations and see if they can create, at least, one or two The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor"},{"id":1393008,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1393008/?format=json","text_counter":177,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Kipipiri, UDA","speaker_title":"Hon. Wanjiku Muhia","speaker":null,"content":"positions for persons with disabilities (PWDs) within their constituency management. It would be a step in the right direction if the counties also created equal opportunities for PWDs. I also urge the Senate to audit the counties which fall under their mandate. This Committee could not have audited the counties as it was not within its purview. I know that Uasin Gishu and Kericho counties have been rated highly for their inclusion practices. During Governor Mandago's tenure, Uasin Gishu was ranked the first county to employ the highest number of deaf persons. Therefore, the Senate should consider conducting an audit of the counties. But first, let us audit ourselves. We keep talking about the Government and yet, we are the Government. Before we audit the ministries, let us audit ourselves."},{"id":1393009,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1393009/?format=json","text_counter":178,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Kipipiri, UDA","speaker_title":"Hon. Wanjiku Muhia","speaker":null,"content":"This Report is based on the Kenya Population and Housing Census of 2019, which we all know is disputed. Therefore, the figures that have been put here could be unreal. We know a census in this country takes place after 10 years. I want to plead with the Government to consider the desperate situation we all witnessed last year, during the registration of Inua Jamii Cash Transfer Programme, when we could not register thousands of PWDs because they did not have registration numbers. Now that the Government has devolved the National Council for Persons with Disabilities (NCPWD) to the counties, I plead with them to review the numbers of those people and consider funding that Council, which is the body that is entrusted with considering matters of PWDs. 5 per cent is a very small percentage for us to attain as a nation. If you read through the Report, you will find Switzerland as the best county in the world for having considerably given employment opportunities to PWDs. I am also happy that in the East African Bloc, our partner State of Rwanda is also rated very highly for having considered them. Time and again, PWDs have lived on donations as if they are not citizens, waiting for whatever happens in their lives. It is time that the Government makes a deliberate move and considers funding them through the budget in the avenues they work with like the NCPWD and the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection, just like other Kenyans."},{"id":1393010,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1393010/?format=json","text_counter":179,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Kipipiri, UDA","speaker_title":"Hon. Wanjiku Muhia","speaker":null,"content":"Today, there was a debate on caregivers. We may want to give PWDs jobs but, in the event that this is impossible, their caregivers can be given jobs to work and provide essentials for their loved ones. This data can be recorded as serving PWDs. I want to congratulate the Lake Victoria Water Works Development Agency for having been the highest out…."}]}