[sopvid] Re: Jane Ocharo's Presentation on Disability Mainstreaming
- From: "Antony Mwakha Juma" <antonyjumah@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <sopvid@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 19 Apr 2014 22:51:53 +0300
Oh no Reginald Sir!
Your intake though understandable has been overtaken by events. This idea
must stop completely. You have said " 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".
Indeed they may have done so and so did Kenyatta university when I was there
some long years ago!
But this is not a dean of studies issue but all administrative organs which
serve persons with disabilities.
So I on my part strongly feels that those institutions that discriminate in
one way or another persons with disabilities shod be answerable and be taken
to task over such issues.
Who knows! Maybe it is the good heart of the current dean in Nairobi
University who has a good heart!
Suppose as it happened during the time of the Israelites another dean arises
who does not think persons with disabilities are human! And ceases to assist
them!
So the University administration must put as its directive in a circular to
all faculties, Schools, Colleges, Departments ETC that persons with
disabilities must be treated humanely and accorded equal rights like all
students and staff.
This is not a negotiating issue I am sorry Reginald Sir.
Juma.
-----Original Message-----
From: sopvid-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:sopvid-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Reginald Oduor
Sent: Saturday, April 12, 2014 5:50 PM
To: sopvid@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [sopvid] Re: Jane Ocharo's Presentation on 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
oother
> teachers are unwilling to buy braille equipments and materials for blind
> teachers and pupils integrated in their schools. The university of nairobi
> being an example of post secondary institutions has naughtly refused to
> offer search facilities for blind stundents especially those studying over
> 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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