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    "id": 1101775,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1101775/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cherargei",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13217,
        "legal_name": "Cherarkey K Samson",
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    "content": "I agree with Sen. Wetangula, why would you use KCB, Equity Bank and all these fancy banks and yet those people do not even know how to approach a bank. Why do we not find a more accessible and convenient way where in every village that elderly person, that PWD can access the funds? As long as they have an ID, registration through the National ID should be done. Sometimes this registration is done through Nyumba Kumi initiative and the chiefs. I think the Committee on Labour and Social Welfare should find out about the requirements and the process of registration. Is it done annually or bi-annually? Is it quarterly? How is it being registered? Is it registered with the CDF offices, county offices, chief’s office? Who qualifies to get these funds? It is important that these questions are answered so that we protect this money. In Kenya, for example, there are many people who may be earning from this Inua Jamii Programme and yet they are very wealthy. On the issue of who qualifies to get these funds, somebody who is a retired civil servant and they still earn pension; are they supposed to register with this programme? Those are things that our people in the village are yet to understand. We need efficiency in terms of managing this fund. Finally, although our Majority leadership may be on a serious retreat on issues of this House, but I know they will refer to the HANSARD, is that drought and famine are ravaging the North Eastern part of this country. It is interesting that in the North Rift where the Chair and I come from, we have a lot of maize, even in Trans Nzoia and Bungoma. However, a few kilometres in Turkana, people are suffering because of famine. This is the right time for us to ensure efficiency of cash transfer. People are suffering in northern Kenya. With the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, most Kenyans have fallen into hard economic times. With the famine in North Eastern, we expect these people to be given cash transfers to at least afford a meal per day."
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