Having read the Kenya’s policy for learners and trainees with disabilities (2018), I note that the country is on its way to having complete inclusive education. Kenya has passed a new policy aimed at making education accessible, so that all children with disabilities can go to school. This includes providing space, resources and training in mainstream schools so that children with and without disabilities can learn alongside each other. In the policy the country has committed to provide effective learning opportunities for children in regular school, free Primary Education for learners in primary schools, conduct parents’ and leaders’ orientation workshops, train School Management Committees to manage institutions and finances, Children with special needs to receive special capitation grants, Constituency Development Funds (CDF), support access to education, etc

There is effort to Provide Free Primary Education (FPE) for learners in primary schools. In curriculum development process, all stakeholders in the community are to be involved to ensure needs of all children in the society are met. This is further demonstrated by having already a component of special needs education incorporated in primary teacher education curriculum.

All these mentioned above is only good in paper. The government needs to move from paper to implementation. We still have ‘special’ schools with ‘special’ children!