The 3rd Annual Legislative Summit kicked off on Sunday morning with calls for total inclusion of Persons living with disability within the governance spectrum and within the National and County Legislatures, as envisaged by the Constitution of Kenya, 2010.
Nominated Senator Senator Isaac Mwaura, lamented that over 20 County Assemblies do not have membership from within People living with disability, and further called for enactment of legislation to cure the lacuna in law that does not guarantee the place for representatives from among people living with disability.
“More than 20 Counties do not have representatives with disability. Though we have made progress, we have to continue to produce evidence that indeed People Living with Disability do matter in the development of our society,” he said on May 20.
Senator Mwaura who was representing the Speaker of the Senate Kenneth Lusaka in a pre-summit event for the legislators living with disability, urged the County Assemblies to enact the County Disability Act before the next general elections to ensure that the gains so far made in that regard are not lost to political expediency.
He also appealed to the legislators to bridge the gap on data of People Living with Disability so as to adequately inform the National Census due for next year.
The forum at Pride Inn, Mombasa, was also addressed by the Clerk of the Senate Jeremiah Nyegenye and the Chairperson of the County Assemblies Forum, Johnson Osoi (Speaker, Kajiado County Assembly).
The 3rd Annual Legislative Summit would be officially opened on Tuesday 22nd May, 2018 by William Ruto, the Deputy President.