By MN Reporter

Migori People Living with Disability want government to implement all existing policy and legal frameworks aimed at improving their lives.

Migori County Coordinator for Persons Living with disability Fred Obuya while addressing press in Kehancha town said that government if Kenya is slowly implimenting Persons with Disabilities Act of 2003.

“We want adjustments to public buildings to make them accessible, public transport to be made accessible and infrastructure in general to be more accommodating,” he said.

He said for the Government to truly achieve the aspirations for Free Primary Education and Free Day Secondary Education.

Touch One Life chairman Lucas Mwita said education is key to ensuring that persons with disabilities realise their full human potential and enjoy other rights such as the right to work and employment.

Mwita insisted that all stakeholders must put concerted efforts to fight and overcome widespread stigma and discrimination that affect PWDs differently.

Denis Makale, organizing secretary of MICODEP said stigma and discrimination still exists thus leading to humiliating stereotypes and prejudices.

He said that many disable children are locked in houses and cannot get access to education.

Government in collaboration with Kenya Institute of Special Education (KISE) conducted a survey in 2017 that indicates that 1,901,943 children with disabilities are in the school system.

The report pegs the number of those out of school and needing to be in school at 587,289.