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This is will be a boon for many PWDs who have a job and are working within the Civil Service. The government need to make sure this has more impact by implementing a policy stipulated in the Bomas draft and many advocacy forums that at least 5% of all Civil service jobs should go to persosn with disabilities.

One of the most contentious issue about such declarations just like the tax exemption issue is that they assume that quite a number of persons from the community are employed. The tax exemption law assumes that within the private and public sector a large number of PWDs are employted and therefore they will benefit by havveing extra-income.

We the disabled community wish to implore the executive and the government in general especially the Vice President to pursure the implementation of a similar policy as was extended to the women community under Maendeleo ya wanawake. Women in general were given a 30% stake in the civil service and a seat on the Constituency Commitee.

The PWD community would wish to see the following issues implemented:

a) five percent of the civil service jobs be mandatory allocated to PWDs.

b) 5% of ALL divolved funds should be allocated to projects that directly improve the disability friendliness of socio-economic services like Education, transport, health, and also to community organisations for PWDs.

c) That the government should through the NAtional Council for Persosn with Disabilites fund all the umbrella organisations of PWDs like UDPK, APDK, KNAD, KUB, Deafblind, etc with specific minimum administrative costs.

d) That the government through NCPWD should regulate not only all organisations working for but also of PWDs monitoring impact, funding, and development.

e) That a blanket tax exemption be made for all PWDs working

f) That a disability allowance be availed to PWDs who need it for specific reasons and seasons to improve on their ability to live independently.

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