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Tanzania Society for the deaf wants sign language made constitutional
Tanzania Society for the deaf want sign language made constitutional
Shinyanga. The Tanzania Society for the Deaf (TSD) has called on political party leaders in the country to urge the government make sign language constitutional.
This they say will enable it to be among compulsory languages in all places offering basic social services.
Speaking on behalf of the society during a sign language training workshop for Shinyanga Region journalists, TSD country director Mr Dickson Mveyange said by its conduct the government has set aside the language.
This he said has led to many deaf people to suffer discrimination and oppression especially at the hands of the police where they fail to communicate their cases effectively.
“In some cases, the police have beaten them so that they can speak believing that they are pretending in order to fool them,” said Mveyange.
He said that the current constitution provides for the rights of every citizen to access and give information something, which is denied, to the deaf for lack of communication between him or her and other
normal people.
In Uganda he said, the language has already been made a constitutional matter why not Tanzania where the deaf unnecessarily suffer in every aspect of life including hospitals and the court of laws.
Tanzania Society for the deaf want sign language made constitutional
Shinyanga. The Tanzania Society for the Deaf (TSD) has called on political party leaders in the country to urge the government make sign language constitutional.
This they say will enable it to be among compulsory languages in all places offering basic social services.
Speaking on behalf of the society during a sign language training workshop for Shinyanga Region journalists, TSD country director Mr Dickson Mveyange said by its conduct the government has set aside the language.
This he said has led to many deaf people to suffer discrimination and oppression especially at the hands of the police where they fail to communicate their cases effectively.
“In some cases, the police have beaten them so that they can speak believing that they are pretending in order to fool them,” said Mveyange.
He said that the current constitution provides for the rights of every citizen to access and give information something, which is denied, to the deaf for lack of communication between him or her and other
normal people.
In Uganda he said, the language has already been made a constitutional matter why not Tanzania where the deaf unnecessarily suffer in every aspect of life including hospitals and the court of laws.