The National Police Service has been urged to hire sign language interpreters or train police in sign language for the benefit of deaf people. Kathambara said the deaf feel humiliated by officers who at times make fun of them in police stations because they not know sign language. The APDK official was speaking at Embu Level Five Teaching and Referral Hospital during the presentation of 31 assistive devices to people with disabilities. Dr Muturi urged the hospital to be bias and award tenders to persons with disabilities. He said the county government would position nurses trained in sign language in every section of the referral hospital to ease the treatment of the deaf.

Source: The Star March 14, 2019 05:33 UTC