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Despite law, disabled ignored in building plans
Murang’a Governor Mwangi wa Iria says the national government has not played its role as the duty bearer in setting the example to compliance. FILE PHOTO | NMG
Fifteen years have passed since the Persons with Disabilities Act, which among other things, demands that there be a national policy that will push the real estate sector to come up with designs that ease accessibility by the group.
The Persons with Disabilities Act 14 (2003) demands that all proprietors of a public building adapt it to suit persons with disabilities and criminalises any withholding of right to admission into premises that which members of the public are ordinarily admitted; unless such denial is honestly motivated by a genuine concern for the safety of such a person.
