{"id":49877,"date":"2024-06-06T15:03:00","date_gmt":"2024-06-06T15:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/index.php\/2024\/06\/06\/pwds-want-representation-on-all-state-agencies\/"},"modified":"2024-06-06T15:03:00","modified_gmt":"2024-06-06T15:03:00","slug":"pwds-want-representation-on-all-state-agencies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/pwds-want-representation-on-all-state-agencies\/","title":{"rendered":"PWDs want representation on all State agencies"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"td-paragraph-padding-1\">\n<p><strong>People Living with Disabilities (PWDs) across the country have urged the Government to ensure representation on all boards and State agencies.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In a statement, the Association representing 2 pc of the population, expressed frustration over widespread exclusion and prejudice, and urged the Government to intervene for equal participation in society.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMembers from all 47 counties, represented by National Chairman Patrick Wanyoike, voiced their concerns at a Pre-Assembly with the National Council of Churches of Kenya (NCCK) at Jumuia Conference Hall in Limuru,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n<p>They highlighted presenting an MOU to the Senate to support a bill under Article 24, aiming to acknowledge their rights.<\/p>\n<p>In addition,\u00a0they noted that vulnerable children\u00a0from the said category were suffering silently as there were no enough caregivers and people assigned to look after their issues were being shunned every day.<\/p>\n<p>Therefore, they criticized the inadequate representation in public participation processes, leading to their concerns being overlooked.<\/p>\n<p>In conclusion, they urged the Committee on Finance to review their memoranda and address the listed issues.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kbc.co.ke\/pwds-voice-frustration-as-state-fails-to-implement-laws\/\">PWDs want representation on all State agencies<\/a> first appeared on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kbc.co.ke\/\">KBC<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>People Living with Disabilities (PWDs) across the country have urged the Government to ensure representation on all boards and State agencies. In a statement, the Association representing 2 pc of the population, expressed frustration over widespread exclusion and prejudice, and urged the Government to intervene for equal participation in society. \u201cMembers from all 47 counties, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49877","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49877","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49877"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49877\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49877"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49877"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49877"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}