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    "id": 1057916,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1057916/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wambua",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13199,
        "legal_name": "Enoch Kiio Wambua",
        "slug": "enoch-kiio-wambua"
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    "content": "I challenge the Chairperson of the Committee on Labour and Social Welfare to address this issue because he has been very proactive on this issue. We are proposing a legislation on the proper management of cash transfers whereby these transfers are done at the ward level and devolved to the villages. That will ensure the people who genuinely deserve help are recruited into the program and that the dead beneficiaries are replaced. That will ensure timely delivery of these finances to help these people. In the absence of the that, the wrong people will continue to receive the cash disbursements. Local chiefs have become very notorious with the cash transfers. I am aware that they demand for kick-backs from the old people who receive the cash transfers. I am told that they threaten the old people to give them at least Kshs2,000 for their name to appear in the list of the next cash disbursement. Since most of the old people have no knowledge of how the program operates, they just give out the money they are asked for. The safety nets are very good initiatives. However, there is need to anchor it on law so that the right people get the assistance that they deserve. Lastly, I would like to remind the Chairperson of the Committee on Labour and Social Welfare that he has a plea on his table by former councilors from across this country. People are languishing in poverty while others have been reduced to beggars. People are looking up to the Committee on Labour and Social Welfare to see what can be done. The Senate is up to the task so I am sure that something will be done to ensure that the beneficiaries of the cash transfer programme get their dues. I get to support."
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