[sopvid] Re: Jane Ocharo's Presentation on Disability Mainstreaming
- From: "Antony Mwakha Juma" <antonyjumah@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <sopvid@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 19 Apr 2014 22:28:02 +0300
Oh pole sana.
But sincerely speaking the persons concerned and the Nairobi university
administration at large should be taken to task on this issue.
Infect, it is a violation of the constitution which strictly opposes
discrimination of persons with disabilities.
How I wish this issue could be presented before the court of law or the human
right organization responsible on these issues. By all means this has to stop.
So I would request you kindly to collect all data and present them before the
KENYA NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS AND EQUALITY COMMISSION which is charged with
among other functions:
1. To promote the protection and observance of human rights in public and
private institutions.
2. To monitor, investigate and report on the observance of human rights in all
spheres of life in the republic, including observance by the national security
organs.
3. To receive and investigate complaints about alleged abuses of human rights
and take steps to secure appropriate redress where human rights have been
violated .
4. On its own initiative or on the basis of complaints, to investigate or
research a matter in respect of human rights and make recommendations to
improve the functioning of state organs.
5. To act as the principal organ of the state in ensuring compliance with
obligations under treaties and conventions relating to human rights.
6. To investigate any conduct in state affairs, or any act or omission in
public administration in any sphere of government , that is alleged or
suspected to be prejudicial or improper, or to result in any impropriety or
prejudice.
7. To investigate complaints of abuse of power, unfair treatment, manifest
injustice or unlawful, oppressive, unfair or unresponsive official conduct.
How I wish SOPVID could take up such issue and follow them up.
The days of fighting single handed are long gone and those who think we
persons with disability are only to get favours and handouts should forget and
go and burn in hell!
We now have equal rights and opportunities like everyone else.
Juma.
-----Original Message-----
From: sopvid-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:sopvid-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of johnakwalu@xxxxxxxxx
Sent: Sunday, April 13, 2014 10:51 AM
To: sopvid@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [sopvid] Re: Jane Ocharo's Presentation on Disability Mainstreaming
Am a part 2 distant education student of this university. Stop using your d
isability to look for favours. I know you have a disability but you were ta
ught how to live with it." since exams are not debrailed, guess what i go t
hrough when doing passages in kiswahili and communication skills, and start
istics [data.[ i however comend the personal efforts of the current assista nt
dean of students. The lady really tries but never achieves much probably
becaus she receives no backing.I have written letters to the offices of de an
of students and of faculties concerning debrailling of exams, exclution of the
instruction to answer questions with a drawing of laswel's model of
comunication, provision of braille machine and writing papers. Nothing has
happened so far. I broke my personal brailler at the day before the startis
tics cat, went to repair it but due to traffic jam missed the exam. I asked
the resident lecturer at uthiru girls on dec 2014 i was told this over the
phone: "tion to I
-----Original message--From: Reginald OdSent: 12/04/2014, 5:50 pm
To: sopvid@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [sopvid] Re: Jane Ocharo's Presentation o n
Disability Mainstreaming
Hi Jane
I have read John Akwalu's email, and indeed it is important that all
institutions be made more aware of the need to facilitate the full
inclusion of persons with disabilities.
However, I am not sure that singling out specific institutions for
censure in a presentation is the way to go, unless there is evidence
that they are not making satisfactory progress on the issue of
inclusion. For example, a number of First Year students at the
University of Nairobi will tell you that despite the challenges they
face, the office of the Dean of Students has taken some concrete
actions towards making their time in the institution much more
manageable.
Of course I could be asked to declare my interest in the matter of the
University of Nairobi!
--
Reginald M.J. Oduor, Ph.D.
Lecturer in Philosophy, University of Nairobi
(http://profiles.uonbi.ac.ke/oduor_reginald)
Editor-in-Chief, Thought and Practice: A Journal of the Philosophical
Association of Kenya (http://ajol.info/index.php/tp/index)
Chairman, Society of Professionals with Visual Disabilities (SOPVID)
Vice-Chairman, Kenya Society for the Blind
P.O. Box 41693-00100
Nairobi, Kenya
Email: rmjoduor@xxxxxxxxx OR rmjoduor@xxxxxxxxxxx
Tel.: 254 20 2160951
Mob.: 254 722 625555
Skype: reginald.oduor
On 4/11/14, johnakwalu@xxxxxxxxx <johnakwalu@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Dear blind fellows, it is worth notting that school headteachers and
> ooth
er
> teachers are unwilling to buy braille equipments and materials for
> blind
> teachers and pupils integrated in their schools. The university of
> nairob
i
> being an example of post secondary institutions has naughtly refused
> to
> offer search facilities for blind stundents especially those studying
> ove
r
> the holidays. Since this nott achieved ammicably, the institutions in
> question should be forced to provide search facilities. Talk about
> search
> issues in the pressentations. Thank you very much. By john kubai akwalu.
> Telephone no.0715430666.
> -----Original message-----
> From: Jane Ocharo
> Sent: 11/04/2014, 8:47 am
> To: sopvid
> Subject: [sopvid] Colleagues this is agent
>
>
> Dear colleagues,
>
> I have been invited to make a presentation at the Judicial Training
> Institute JTI on Monday 14th April 2014 on VIEW FROM THE GROUND:
> DISABILITY AT THE CUSTOMER CARE DESK so please send me your input.
>
> Looking forward to your agent reply.
>
> Kind regards
>
> Jane Ocharo
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