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The future looks bright for visually impaired students

Lawrence Momanyi (left) and Johnson Riungu show some of the blind learning gadgets during the unveiling of the UAP Old Mutual Foundation & Kenya Society for the Blind corporate support at the KSB headquarters in Nairobi. KSB supports approximately 30,000 pupils with visual impairment and is the central support in the East Africa. April 22nd,2016. Photo/Elvis Ogina (Nairobi)

Every Kenyan has a right to education, a right that is enshrined in our constitution.

It is with this in mind that, in 2010, the Government committed to providing free primary education, as well as including persons with any sort of disability in education and training. Indeed, inclusive education could not be more important given that there are more than 1.3 million people in Kenya living with a disability.

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