{"id":93895,"date":"2018-07-13T10:44:24","date_gmt":"2018-07-13T10:44:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=8d4e6b3ef2c780dfe7bad4f9806a7d79"},"modified":"2018-07-13T10:44:24","modified_gmt":"2018-07-13T10:44:24","slug":"speech-uk-and-kenya-on-disability-summit-nothing-about-us-without-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=93895","title":{"rendered":"Speech: UK and Kenya on Disability Summit: Nothing about us, without us"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>Cabinet Secretary Yatani, Ladies and Gentleman<\/p>\n<p>Good afternoon<\/p>\n<p>I am delighted to see so many of you here this afternoon ahead of the first, yes the first, Global Disability Summit in London on 24th July.<\/p>\n<p>The Summit which the UK, Kenya and the International Disability Alliance will co-host, will raise global attention and focus on a long neglected area. It will mobilise new global and national commitments on disability and showcase good practice and innovation from across the world.<\/p>\n<p>The UK was thrilled when the Government of Kenya agreed to co-host the Summit.  Kenya is rightly recognized as a leader on disability inclusion and there is much that the UK and other countries can learn from you. But, as is the case in my own country, true equality remains a work in progress.<\/p>\n<p>Today I would like to acknowledge the dedication of <a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/34488294@N08\/albums\/72157671122723858\">everybody here<\/a> to making the Summit a great success. It will be your passion, energy and drive that will help realise true equality for people with disabilities here in Kenya.<\/p>\n<p>CS Yatani, as you head to London, I want to thank you and your team at the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection for our long-standing partnership. Together we have helped assist the most vulnerable and the most neglected people in Kenya.<\/p>\n<p>Today, we are committed more than ever to ensuring that people with disabilities are not left behind, that they are supported to contribute their full potential to, and benefit from, Kenya\u2019s prosperity.<\/p>\n<p>The UK is already working to promote disability inclusion here in Kenya, in partnership with many of you:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>From the  support we\u2019re providing to Sightsavers  through the Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee Trust to tackle blinding  trachoma;<\/li>\n<li>To our partnership with Leonard Cheshire supporting disability inclusion in schools through the Girls Education Challenge;<\/li>\n<li>To our work with Sense International to  support childhood screening  of sensory disabilities; and<\/li>\n<li>During last year\u2019s election, our support through Humanity and Inclusion to help ensure persons with disabilities were able to cast their votes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This is a good starting point, but we must continue to work together to push for change, challenge stigma and move things forward, both as individuals, but also as Governments.<\/p>\n<p>For too long, people with disabilities have been excluded from conversations on policies and actions that affect them. But that is changing.  Your mini-disability summit here, which brought together disabled people, organisations, carers, the private sector and governments on 24th May was a fantastic example that there should be Nothing About Us, Without Us.<\/p>\n<p>The commitments which came out of that event, combined with the Summit outcomes, will deliver real action, helping achieve progress on the rights of people with disabilities.<\/p>\n<p>Ladies and Gentlemen, I would like to conclude by thanking each and every one of you for your work, and by wishing those heading to London a successful trip. We look forward to working with you on return to further support people with disabilities in Kenya.<\/p>\n<p>Before I invite my fellow speakers: i) Mr Anderson Gitonga, CEO of the United Disabled Persons of Kenya; ii) Ms Alice Wairimu, an inspiriting young lady living with a disability; and iii) His Excellency, Cabinet Secretary Yatani to say a few words &#8211; I would like to play a short video message from the UK\u2019s Secretary of State for International Development, Penny Morduant.<\/p>\n<p>As many of you will know, our Development Secretary is a long standing champion of people with disabilities, and the driving force behind the Global Disability Summit.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Speech by High Commissioner Nic Hailey during a reception for Kenyan delegates heading to the Global Disability Summit in the UK.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93895"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=93895"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93895\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=93895"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=93895"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=93895"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}