Labour and Social Protection Hon. Florence Bore officially launched the distribution of the first batch of about 4,000 new digital cards set to be taken to persons with disabilities who have either been newly registered or migrated to the new registration system across the counties.
According to the NCPWD it has however announced through its CEO Hassan Harun that in this continuous production process, another subsequent batch of 6,000 will be released by next week in the month of November.
The new CS for labour was taken through the security features of the new card and quick response (QR) code for verification purposes. The new card was produced by Delarue, which is part of the reforms effected in the registration process following the launch of the new registration system during the UN Disability Day last year 2021.
These reforms are meant to curb fraud and cartels who have been using the old system to bring the service closer to the people and also provide accurate socio-economic data of persons with disabilities in Kenya.
The cards are set to be distributed across the country and on arrival at the counties, the recipients of the new cards will receive communication from their respective county disability offices to pick them.
Hon. Bore set anew record and an history by becoming the first top government official to visit National Council for Persons with Disabilities (NCPWD) in its establishment as she called for an end to the perennial delays experienced by persons with disabilities as they seek registration.
CS Bore pledged to support the Council in its efforts to ensure that all rightful persons with disabilities are identified and registered in line with the objectives of the Sustainable Development Goals and Kenya’s commitment during the 2018 Global Disability Summit on generating reliable disability disaggregated data. “𝑂𝑢𝑟 𝐶𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑡𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑢𝑙𝑎𝑟𝑙𝑦 𝐴𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑙𝑒 54 𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑔𝑛𝑠 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑎𝑏𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑒𝑞𝑢𝑎𝑙 𝑠𝑜𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑙, 𝑝𝑜𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑜𝑚𝑖𝑐 𝑟𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡𝑠. 𝑅𝑒𝑔𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑓 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑎𝑏𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑖𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑐𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑝𝑢𝑟𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑖𝑛𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠, 𝑝𝑜𝑙𝑖𝑐𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑚𝑚𝑒𝑠 𝑚𝑒𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚,” CS Florence Bore observed.
The CEO of the Council however stated that soon communication will be made on the phase-out of the old registration card saying that the old card remains valid and in use.
Urge has been given that Persons with disabilities registered in the old registration system are therefore advised to visit their county disability offices and get their records updated into the new system which will be a proof-of-life exercise on the over 500,000 registered persons with disabilities.
CS Bore also pledged to support the Council in lobbying for the pending Persons with Disabilities Bill 2021 and other subsidiary laws and regulations as part of her roles in the ministry. Having noted the challenges experienced by persons with disabilities as they seek to access NCPWD offices in Westlands due to the Expressway, the newly appointed CS pledged to work with her counterpart in the transport docket to have a long lasting solution effected for the marginalized group.
During the launch several groups witnessed the ceremony present were the Council’s Board of Directors, key partners including Sightsavers, Light for The World, CBM International, National Council for Children Services, Association of the Physically Disabled of Kenya (APDK), United Disabled Persons of Kenya, and International and Delarue Team.
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