The Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga, has re-affirmed her commitment towards ensuring that the rights of People with Disabilities (PWDs) are protected.<\/p>\n
The Speaker said she had received a lot of complaints from PWDs about their marginalization in different spheres of life.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t even know if there is a PWD employed by Bundibugyo District Local Government in the town council,\u201d Kadaga remarked while officiating at a women\u2019s conference in Bundibugyo district on Sunday, 28 October 2018.<\/p>\n
The Speaker promised to continue advocating for the interests of PWDs to be incorporated in public sectors such as health and justice among others.<\/p>\n
She informed participants that Parliament directed the Ministry of Health to train nurses and other officials in the use of sign language for easy communication with the deaf.<\/p>\n
During her recent visit to Rukungiri district, Kadaga pledged to send the relevant committee of Parliament to interface with persons with disabilities and also visit Bundibugyo.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are soon starting the budget cycle; I will send a committee to visit the PWDs unit and the school for the disabled in Rukungiri such that they make a comprehensive report to inform the budget process,\u201d said Kadaga.<\/p>\n
The Woman MP Bundibugyo, Hon Josephine Bebona, said the women\u2019s conference provides a platform for discussion and finding solutions to issues ranging from economic empowerment, maternal and child health, gender inclusiveness, hygiene and sanitation, and girl child education.<\/p>\n
The conference was organized under the theme \u201cEconomic empowerment and participation for women as one way of achieving middle income status\u201d.<\/p>\n
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