The National Council for People with Disability (NCPD) is seeking partnerships with institutions that train Kenya Sign Language, in order to reduce the cost of imparting the skill to essential government service providers.
Alex Munyi, the Officer-In-Charge of sign language training at NCPD, says that the Council only received Sh 10 million as its budgetary allocation for training against the Sh 23 million it requires annually to train 350 essential government service providers in sign language.
Underscoring the urgent need for partnerships, Munyi said that the Council has had to rely on waivers from training institutions in order to bridge the budgetary shortfalls. "We are training 350 students every year.
This year the Council paid Sh 66,000 for each of the students undertaking training in Kenya Sign Language that means we will spend Sh 21 million.
