Getrude Musuruve Inimah

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• 15 Feb 2022 in Senate: The national Government cannot work alone. Whatever information, infrastructure and policies are there, they need to cascade to the county government. If there is good relationship with regard to the education of children with disabilities, it is possible for county governments to lobby for resources from the national Government so that they are able to implement the demands of Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) No.4 of ensuring that quality education reaches all including learners with disability. view
• 15 Feb 2022 in Senate: This Bill also seeks to ensure that necessary resources are in the county governments. For example, IAX should be fully equipped so that they are able to deliver for learners with disability. This cannot be implemented if the county government does not step in and if it does not collaborate with the national Government. view
• 15 Feb 2022 in Senate: Madam Deputy Speaker, there is usually an overlap of roles sometimes because the county governments are not able to execute some of the mandates within their dockets. At times when you go to the county, you will find there is no infrastructure for children with disabilities yet the county government is given money. This means that they do not allocate money for the infrastructure. According to this Bill, the county governments will be obligated to allocate some of the money from their budgets towards the education of learners with disabilities. It is unfortunate that if we make a follow-up, we ... view
• 15 Feb 2022 in Senate: registered by the TSC. We cannot say that we are keen about registration of teachers and yet when it comes to disability, anyone can come up and say they are starting a special needs school. When you walk inside there, you find there is no quality education, nothing is going on and yet the person claims to be running a special school. There is a fine meted out on people who begin special schools but are not registered. This Bill speaks of parent associations for children with disabilities. Coming up with parent associations is good because parents can help teachers ... view
• 15 Feb 2022 in Senate: Madam Deputy Speaker, if we tap the potential of leaners with disabilities, it will be a boom for us. This Bill talks about teachers with disabilities who are supposed to retire at the age of 65. The retirement age at 65 years should not be conditional, that even if you get a disability now and you are supposed to retire in three months’ time, it is not your wish that you have a disability. It is honourable for all teachers with disabilities to retire at 65 years so as to ensure that we maximise the potential of the few personnel ... view
• 15 Feb 2022 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for giving me the opportunity to reply. I thank fellow Senators who have contributed to this Bill. Before Sen. Sakaja walks out, I acknowledge him as a champion for persons with disabilities. I am aware that he can gesture your name using the sign language. You showed me. Thank you so much for being inclusive. I wish to thank Sen. (Prof.) Kamar. Since the time we met in Parliament, she has become a true friend. I also realized she was keen on issues of disability. She has encouraged me many times. We have done ... view
• 15 Feb 2022 in Senate: There has been a favourable environment from the Senate, where colleagues have always supported issues of PWDs. When it comes to matters PWD, Kenyans out there must know that they have a friend in the Senate. Mr. Temporary Speaker, it has come out clearly from all Senators, that this is an important Bill. Sen. Cherargei put it clearly that it will make everyone realise that as a Parliament, we are keen on issue of PWDs. We can even fly high the Kenyan flag internationally just using this Bill. All Senators are in agreement that there is need to fast- track ... view
• 15 Feb 2022 in Senate: visit, legislators visited a special school. We found very deplorable conditions. My former Chairperson in the Committee on Education, Sen. (Dr.) Lang’at, affirmed the fact that such schools are in dilapidated state. There is need for something to be done. Quality education should be a priority for special schools. There is need for concerted efforts right from the national government to the county government, to ensure service delivery to special need education. Most children in special schools come from poor families and the cyclic nature of poverty runs in the families. Senators have suggested that children with special needs should ... view
• 10 Feb 2022 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity. I thank Sen. Cherargei for this Statement and the concern he has for the common Kenyan. I want to sincerely say that blue-collar jobs should be encouraged because most of the time you find that blue collar jobs come out of one’s own initiative. You find that those dealing with scrap metal are those Kenyans who have decided on their own to eke a living and eventually scrap metals become an industry where they are also able to employ other Kenyans. I am a Member of this Committee on Tourism, ... view
• 10 Feb 2022 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for this opportunity. I support this amendment because of the importance of water. We know well that there are many areas in this country that receive little rainfall, and so, they have a shortage of water. This threatens food security. We all know about the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that advocate for freedom from hunger. It is also a constitutional requirement that no Kenyan should suffer from hunger. These amendments are timely and seek to ensure that everyone is free from hunger. Look at places like North Eastern Kenya where they get little rainfall. I ... view