Persons with disabilities want government to speed up enactment of the Persons With Disabilities Bill 2018, to improve their employment and service access. The bill is at the cabinet and is expected to be introduced in Parliament for debate. At the moment, only two per cent of PWDs are employed, while the group wants that number to be increased to five per cent. The latest government data on men and women indicate 3.5 per cent of Kenya’s population is living with a disability. In the report, 51 per cent of PWDs are female while 49 per cent are male.

Source: The Star April 27, 2019 01:52 UTC