Disability policy under review

Co-ordinator of the OPWDs at the Office of the President Thomas Motingwa
Co-ordinator of the OPWDs at the Office of the President Thomas Motingwa

FRANCISTOWN: Government is currently reviewing the 1996 policy on care for people with disabilities, the assistant minister of Presidential Affairs, Governance and Public Administration Thato Kwerepe said this on Friday.

Giving a keynote address during the handing over of a guardhouse at the Francistown Centre of the Deaf (FCD), Kwerepe said that the draft policy document has already been submitted and will be debated in Parliament anytime soon.

He stated that the adoption of the policy would promote integration of people with disabilities in all spheres of life.

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