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    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Ali",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. I join other Senators in supporting the Statement. However, when the issue started it was in good faith. It was good for the community and the elderly. Unfortunately, what I know is that it was not done in the right way. It was first given to chiefs who decided to call their own people and put their names there. Many others who are really vulnerable and old have not benefited. I want the Chairman to look into this issue so that those who have been left out can benefit because some of the chiefs have decided those who were in their line, and are in the right group or party are the ones benefitting. Sen. (Eng.) Hargura said that in some of our areas most of the people suffer because of lack of ---- How can you come from 500 to 600 kilometres to go to a bank yet you do know even how to communicate with the people there? This is a problem. The best way might be to send the money by M-Pesa and it comes from the centre to those areas. Sometimes the banks keep this money for several months and the people are told that there is no money. Sometimes the bank keeps the money for several months and people are told there is no money. Other times they are told their money has been taken and will not get it. The other issue is on National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF), which surprises me. Most of the elderly have been given NHIF cards but they do not have money. They go to hospitals and are told there is no money. What is the use of having a card you cannot use? These issues should be taken care of. It would be helpful if the money is deducted so that the hospitals take care of the elderly."
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