Prof. Margaret Kamar

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 131 to 140 of 3022.

• 20 Jul 2023 in Senate: We know that in our country PwDs have suffered at the family front, in the education sector and not being supported by the Government. The sad part is that they are not taken care of very much at the family level, firstly because of cultural beliefs that were there from time immemorial. Therefore, because of cultural beliefs, these people were left on their own and sometimes, only left at the mercy of their mothers because a mother cannot throw away a child no matter how the child was born. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the other thing is that this is a ... view
• 20 Jul 2023 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the rights of PwDs are, therefore, affected on several levels. They are hampered as far as education is concerned. So, they do not get education at the right time. We know that disability takes you back a few steps, but we must facilitate to ensure that everybody, according to the Constitution, is taken care of, that equality is ensured. I thank our sister for emphasizing in this in the Bill that equality is a right. We need to address all Kenyans equally, whatever their disability. Some of the things that are happening in the education sector are ... view
• 20 Jul 2023 in Senate: are taught Sign Language while in primary school from Class one, two, three, all our children in this country will sign. This is very important for integration purposes. It is very important so that when we say we want to integrate the children, then anybody can sign. I will come back to the story of the trainer. Sign language for every child is a very important and progressive step as far as our education is concerned. It is going to be very progressive because now that we are going to a Competency Based Curriculum (CBC), we want many things to ... view
• 20 Jul 2023 in Senate: Better still, we should have a programme for parents with those kinds of challenges to be trained. It is very important that if this is going to be a language we can communicate with these children from when they are young--- I am emphasizing this because it is then that they can acquire their own education, grow like other Kenyans and we can talk of equality that this Bill is talking about. Equality has to start from the beginning. We have to provide equal opportunities for them from the very beginning so that they change. The other equality that we ... view
• 20 Jul 2023 in Senate: Finally, the trainers including our primary school and Early Childhood Development Education (ECDE) Teachers must be trained accordingly to take care of the young people with disabilities. We must have teachers trained in braille when they are at the teachers training institutions because integration is something that we will never avoid. If a parent has a child in Mandera where there is no other school, that child must go to school. It will be nice if the teachers know how to sign and use braille so that they can take care of those children. view
• 20 Jul 2023 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, apart from the training, we need to start providing for those children. As we are all aware, a parent with a child who is disabled spends 50 per cent of the time with that one child and the rest 50 per cent of the time with the rest of the family. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard Services,Senate. view
• 20 Jul 2023 in Senate: Those parents and caregivers must be taken care of. I hope that this Bill will put emphasis on caregivers because they are very special Kenyans and people who must be supported. view
• 20 Jul 2023 in Senate: We know that there is money that is given to a disabled child. We need to be careful and ensure that the support is reaching the child. Apart from the support of the child, we also need separate support for the caregiver. Otherwise, the caregivers or the parents will use the Kshs2000 that belongs to the child to take care of themselves and the other children and forget the disabled children. We need to have systems that will ensure people with disabilities are taken care of from when they are born. view
• 20 Jul 2023 in Senate: That way, we will reduce the negative impact on the family as far as costs of health are concerned and everything. Free health and education must be assured. In this Bill, I believe that we are talking about free education for those who are under education. We discussed in the other Bill that learners with disabilities need free education from early childhood to university. These are people who must be taken care of by the Government and not the parents. view
• 20 Jul 2023 in Senate: With those remarks, I support the Bill and congratulate Sen. Crystal Asige for giving us a wonderful write-up on this Bill. I thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. view