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    "id": 1029565,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1029565/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Nyamunga",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 738,
        "legal_name": "Rose Nyamunga Ogendo",
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    "content": "NOW THEREFORE, the Senate recommends that the county Governments complement the efforts of the national Government and assist in resolving these challenges by - 1. Developing legislation and policies to protect the elderly including ensuring all elderly persons in their counties are registered in the OPCT programme; and 2. Organize value addition mechanisms such as financial training to help the beneficiaries of the programme to efficiently utilize this allowance. Madam Temporary Speaker, the issue of the elderly within our country has been very touchy because in our societies we have many members that we refer to as the senior Members. In the developed countries, I must say that they have mechanisms of taking care of the elderly. Most of the developed countries either have the facilities for the elderly people or there is a way of supporting them through their relatives by taking care of them within their respective homes. Normally, they plan for retirement and old age. Madam Temporary Speaker, in our African set up, more so in Kenya, we do not do so. We cannot allow our elderly people to leave our homes to go the elderly people’s homes. I have seen a few led elderly homes in Nairobi, but it is not common practice and it is not something that is easily and generally acceptable within our societies. It makes it very difficult for us to take care of our elderly people and even putting them in the elderly homes. It is not a priority for us as at now."
}