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Last week, the British government, in partnership with Kenya and the International Disability Alliance (IDA), co-hosted the first World Summit on High-Level Disability in London. The purpose of the meeting was to galvanize global efforts to address the inclusion of disability.
The summit brought together more than 700 delegates from governments, donors, private sector organizations, charities and organizations for people with disabilities. Mr. Ukur Yattani, Secretary of the Cabinet for Labor and Welfare, led the Kenya team
Overall, one in seven people live with some form of disability, the majority in low-income and middle-income countries. intermediate. In these contexts, disability is both a cause and a consequence of poverty because people with disabilities often face significant barriers that prevent them from participating fully in society, including access to health services. and education and employment.
About six million Kenyans are people with disabilities. Kenya's National Pwds Survey, 2008, indicates that nearly 80 percent of these six million people live in rural areas where they experience social and economic disadvantage and denial of their rights. Their lives are made more difficult by the way society interprets and reacts to disability. In addition to these barriers, Kenya still lacks a policy that would operationalize disability laws. The National Disability Policy has remained as a project since 2006!
But let's look at disability from different settings. Have we reflected on the important contribution of people with disabilities in the economy as consumers, employers, designers of badistive technology, manufacturers of mobility aids and academics, among others? According to the 2016 report by Global Economics of Disability, the disability market is the next largest consumer segment in the world – with an estimated population of 1.3 billion. People with disabilities are an emerging market of the size of China and control $ 1 trillion in annual disposable income.
Do people who work directly in these industries pay taxes? Does anyone have any idea of the revenues – direct or indirect – collected by the government from disability industries, organizations, import fees on badistive devices and devices? other materials used by people with disabilities? What about the multiplier effect of the sector? carriers, warehouses and people with disabilities themselves who are actively spending and paying direct and indirect taxes.
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