The deaf lobby for representation

Months before the general elections, the deaf community in Botswana says it wants full representation in Parliament to advance interests of the hearing impaired and disabled population. The Botswana Association of the Deaf (BOAD) says it wants self-representation and a government that will understand its issues following the October polls.

A four-member team from BOAD recently made this, and other demands, before the Minister of Transport and Communications Nonofho Molefhi.  The team cited the difficulties that the hearing impaired and other disabled people still have to navigate in their everyday lives.

President of BOAD Japheth Moyo led the team, which also included BOAD director Shirley Keoagile, BOAD public relations officer (PRO) James Keabile as well as Wabotlhe Chimza, board member for the Southern African Federation of the Disabled.

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