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Disability
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Disability
and the Electoral process Workshop
July 15 -18 2007.
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"A disability
manifesto that all political parties would promote and guide political
advocacy of groups of people with disabilities is the only way
to ensure effective participation in political arena"
a workshop recently resolved.
Equal political participation of citizens with disability can
and should be the objective of civic education in mordern Kenya.
Participation however requires that specific groups be sensitized
about ways of ensuring this participation turns into mainstreaming
of the disability agenda.
Day 1.
:: 4.00 PM pick-up of participants from Hilton
Pharmarcy - opposite Kencom Bus stage to the school of monetary
studies.
5.00 - 7.00 P.M Registration.
Day 2: Monday, July 16th 2007.
Focus: Disability and the Electoral
Process
:: 8.30 - 9.30. Welcome and introductions,
Goals and Objectives of the workshop.
:: 9.00 - 10.30. session 1:
setting the scene: which way froward for the people with disabilities
in the electoral process.
Presentations: 15 Minutes each
from:
:: Kenya
National Association of the Deaf (KNAD)
:: Kenya
Union of the Blind.
:: Kenya Society
of the Mentally Handicapped.
:: Association of the Physically
Disabled in Kenya.
30 minutes discussion.
11.00 13.00 Session 2:
Disability and the Political and Electoral Context.
Presentations from:
:: Commissioner Lawrence Mute KNHR on the promotion
and protection of Disability Rights within the Civil and political
rights framework.
:: Electoral Commision of Kenya on the ECK's Approach
to voter education and strategies for inclusion, accessibility
and particiaption.
:: group discussion.
1400 - 1530. Session 3.
:: Voter Education.
Dr. Karuti Kanyinga
:: what is voter education
:: The ECK's Voter Education Mandate.
:: Voter Education materials and modalities:
identification of needs, priorities and modalities for participation
from DPOs.
:: This session included small groups discussion on materials,
modalities and ideas for access to participation in voter education.
:: Continued.
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