Laura Kanushu

Laura Kanushu is a Ugandan lawyer, politician and legislator, she represents the people with disabilities in the parliament of Uganda, she Is a member of the National Resistance Movement (NRM) a party under the chairmanship of Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, president the republic of Uganda.

Quotes

• You can't speak about another issue, if you are not speaking about disability, then you better keep quiet.
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• The chance I have to be in Parliament is because there's a specific slot for five Members who must be people with disabilities, and also the finances are because elections in the country can be very expensive and not very many women with disabilities can actually have access to those finances.
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• it's also good for people to accept and know that, you know, despite your disabilities, you can actually do so much.
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• don’t always have to say women with disabilities because there are things that are common about a woman, disabled or non-disabled, and there are things that affect youth.
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• think it goes back to attitude and to think that we can't perform beyond what we are there for as representatives of people with disabilities.
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• If you focus your eyes on my disability, you will definitely never vote for me. You will never think I can do anything, but also you need to look at my experience. What have I done, even as a woman with disability. What other work have I done? Rather than focus on the things I can't do, and I keep telling people, there's nothing I can't do.
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