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  The Council and the Ministry of Health (MOH) begun the training of county referral hospital disability medical assessment teams on the new disability medical assessment and categorization guidelines developed by MOH. This trainings got support from the Council of Governors (COG), CBM International, Light For The World and KCB Bank Kenya Ltd. The exercise, …

Training of disability medical assessment and categorization guidelines developed by MOH. Read More »

The National Council for Persons with Disabilities (NCPWDS) in parternership with KEMSA has today flagged off Sunscreen Lotion to Person with albinism at the KEMSA Warehouses in Embakasi, Nairobi. This program aims at mitigating the harmful sun rays (UVB and UVA) by providing free sunscreen lotion to all persons with albinism through different government health …

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  Council in collaboration with Kenya Institute of Special Education facilitated and participated a graduation of the 363 graduands who successfully completed their six month training in KSL at Kenya Institute of Special Education.   The 363 graduands are part of trainees in KSL that the NCPWD is supporting under the Kenya Sign Language training …

6th graduation ceremony of National Council for Persons with Disabilities-Kenya Sign Language Read More »

Council Consultative meeting with the Council of Governors at the COG offices. Also in attendance were Ministry of Health and Ministry of Public Service, Gender, Senior Citizens Affairs and Special Programmes at the COG offices. The discussions revolved around:

The Council joined other stakeholders for the fourth edition of the National Diversity and Inclusion Awards and Recognition (DIAR) Gala Dinner and Award Ceremony.

During the International Day of Persons with Disabilities in December last year, H.E President Uhuru Kenyatta officially launched the Council’s new registration system. The President asserted that the system’s goal is to deter fraud, enhance reporting structure for accountability, and also generate adequate socio-economic data for planning purposes.

Welcome to our quarterly Usawa Na Haki E-Newsletter. In this issue, we focus on some of our key activities during the second quarter of the financial year 2021/22.  One of the most memorable activity is the acceptance of His Excellency the President of the Republic of Kenya to grace the International Day of Persons with …

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The END of YEAR season not only gives us the opportunity to make merry, but to also reflect and take stock of the year experienced, at a personal and institutional level.

President Uhuru Kenyatta was the Chief Guest in this years International Day of Persons with Disabilities held at the Kenyatta International Convention Centre in Nairobi on 3rd of December 2021.   In the history of the commemorations, this is the first time a Head of State has graced the event. The President stated that the …

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The Council in partnership with the National Transport Safety Authority (NTSA) commemorated the World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims at the National Spinal Injury Hospital in Nairobi.