Persons living with disabilities Stories

MPs approve Bill to enhance rights of persons with disabilities
Lucy Mumbi  |  Jan 16, 2025

The legislation proposes a complete overhaul of the National Council for Persons with Disabilities, redefining its roles and powers.

Women, Youth, PWDs secure Sh28.6 billion in state tenders
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Dec 11, 2024

This reflects a 10.8 per cent increase from the Sh25.8 billion awarded the previous year.

Persons with disabilities significantly less included in financial access - report
Alfred Onyango  |  Dec 10, 2024

Only 77.9 per cent of them having access to financial services, compared to the national average of 84.8 per cent.

Kilifi PWDs hail new initiative aimed at promoting inclusion, dispelling misconceptions
Farhiya Hussein  |  Aug 29, 2024

PWDs in Kilifi are now calling on both county and national governments, and other stakeholders, to support this initiative and ensure that all develop...

Disability no hindrance to Isiolo film animations maker
Waweru Wairimu  |  Aug 28, 2024

Maryam has perfected her innate skills and her art is mainly of nature, cartoons, people and movie characters.

Ruto: New university funding model favourable to students living with disability
Barack Oduor  |  Aug 25, 2024

Ruto said that in the new model, students living with disability will be paying only 5 per cent of the college fees as opposed to 25 per cent that suc...

Customised motorbikes transforming the lives of PWDs in Isiolo
Waweru Wairimu  |  Aug 19, 2024

Abdi, a beneficiary, noted that a majority of the public offices, including that of the governor, lack PWD-friendly facilities.

Turkana rolls out establishment of database for Persons living with Disabilities
Waweru Wairimu  |  Jul 07, 2024

It is being done through a collaborative effort between the county government, UNHCR and the Kenya National Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

Pupils with disabilities at Isiolo school risk dropping out for lack of learning materials
Waweru Wairimu  |  Jun 20, 2024

Their biggest challenge is the lack of braille that assists the visually impaired in writing as well as white cans that enable them to move from one p...

Senate set to pass bill granting tax relief to parents of children with disabilities
Farhiya Hussein  |  May 20, 2024

The bill, sponsored by Nominated Senator Crystal Asige, promises to ease the financial burden on families caring for children with disabilities.

Senate committee engages stakeholders over concerns on registration of teachers with disabilities
Yunis Dekow  |  May 15, 2024

The committee was probing claims that Kenya Union of Special Needs Education Teachers has been registering teachers with disabilities without their co...

Knut calls for passage of disability Bills for inclusive education, rights protection
Lucy Mumbi  |  May 14, 2024

The Union wants the Disability Bill 2023 and other draft laws which include but are not limited to the Learners with Disabilities Bill and the Sign La...

The daily unseen struggles of persons with disabilities
Charity Kilei  |  Mar 24, 2024

According to the 2019 Kenya Population and Housing Census, 918,270 people aged five years and above had a disability, accounting for 2.2 per cent of t...

Senator calls for special census of PWDs in the country
Mary Wambui  |  Feb 27, 2024

Senator Asige says the 2019 count undervalued the number of disabled persons in the country.

Entrench Kenya sign language in school curriculum, PWDs urge State
Immaculate Wairimu  |  Jan 22, 2024

Government urged to consider entrenching the Kenya sign language as a compulsory subject in primary and secondary schools.

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