PWDs in Kilifi are now calling on both county and national governments, and other stakeholders, to support this initiative and ensure that all development efforts include them.
Maryam has perfected her innate skills and her art is mainly of nature, cartoons, people and movie characters.
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 such students paid in the older model.
Abdi, a beneficiary, noted that a majority of the public offices, including that of the governor, lack PWD-friendly facilities.
It is being done through a collaborative effort between the county government, UNHCR and the Kenya National Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
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 point to another.
The bill, sponsored by Nominated Senator Crystal Asige, promises to ease the financial burden on families caring for children with disabilities.
The committee was probing claims that Kenya Union of Special Needs Education Teachers has been registering teachers with disabilities without their consent.
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 Language Bill expedited.
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 the total population.
Senator Asige says the 2019 count undervalued the number of disabled persons in the country.
Government urged to consider entrenching the Kenya sign language as a compulsory subject in primary and secondary schools.