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    "id": 1111226,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1111226/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Saku, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Ali Rasso",
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        "legal_name": "Dido Ali Raso",
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    "content": " Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I want to thank the Mover, Hon. Kilonzo. He has spoken exhaustively about the two Protocols, which are very important. It is written in our Constitution that any international law that Kenya ratifies forms part of our domestic laws. In this case, older persons and PWDs are two important categories of people found in Kenya in large numbers. These Protocols are about enjoyment of human and people’s rights. They are also about dignity of older persons and PWDs. Once these Protocols become part of the laws of the land, they will seek to secure non- discrimination, right to equality, right to life, right to liberty and security of persons. What is expected of our country is implementation. While discussing these Protocols, we found out that Kenya is not a welfare State. So, by progression of our laws, where we give PWDs and older persons a monthly stipend, Kenya is beginning to become aware that there are vulnerable members of the society who need help. We are Africans, and somebody said Africa is our business, but we are no longer the traditional society that our forefathers lived in. We are generally cosmopolitan and urban. We are what you call people who live in different parts of the world. So, these two categories of people appear not catered for like it used to happen traditionally. That is why it is necessary for us to begin to look at these Protocols in a very different perspective and enact them into law."
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