Atanas Manyala

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 71 to 80 of 196.

• 7 Jun 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, consequently, tax exemption certificates have been issued to PWDs in the public, private and self-employment and the National Council for Persons with Disabilities (NCPD), together with stakeholders, are creating a lot of public awareness on this provision of the Act. (ii) Mr. Speaker, Sir, Section 13 of the Act provides for reservation of 5 percent of all casual, emergency and contractual positions in employment in the public and private sectors for PWDs. Until the last financial year, 2009/2010, not much had been done regarding this provision, except creation of awareness of the key employers, which include the ... view
• 7 Jun 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, additionally, the introduction of disability mainstreaming indicator in the performance contracts in the entire public service has also enhanced the employment of PWDs as all employers aspire to ensure that at least 5 percent of their work force are PWDs. view
• 7 Jun 2011 in National Assembly: (iii) Mr. Speaker, Sir, Section 39 of the Act states that: “All television stations shall provide sign language inset or subtitles in all newscasts and educational programmes, and in all programmes covering events of national importance.” Under this provision, media houses are expected to embrace sign language as an accessible format for communication to persons with hearing impairment. This provision is also entailed in the Bill of Rights of the new Constitution at Section 54(1)(d), where a person with disability is entitled to use sign language, Braille or other appropriate means of communication, and (e) of the section, to access ... view
• 7 Jun 2011 in National Assembly: (b) Mr. Speaker, Sir, among the measures the Government has put in place to stop marginalisaiton of PWDs are: view
• 7 Jun 2011 in National Assembly: (i) disability mainstreaming – all public institutions are called upon to mainstream disability and this is measured annually to ensure that service providers also target PWDs as consumers; view
• 7 Jun 2011 in National Assembly: (ii) operationalisation of the National Development Fund for PWDs whose specific objectives include: view
• 7 Jun 2011 in National Assembly: - to support economic empowerment and employment of PWDs; view
• 7 Jun 2011 in National Assembly: - to support mobility and accessibility needs as well as facilitate other assistive devices for PWDs in Kenya to enable them to function in the society; view
• 7 Jun 2011 in National Assembly: - to improve choices and opportunities for PWDs by enhancing opportunities in education, training and rehabilitation institutions; view
• 7 Jun 2011 in National Assembly: (iii) compliance with various international instruments on PWDs, such as the UN Convention on the Rights of PWDs, UN Standard Rules, declaration of the rights of PWDs, declaration of the rights of the mentally handicapped and World Programme of Action of PWDs. view