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"content": " Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I am conscious of time and so, I will be very brief in my support for the ratification of this Protocol. Firstly, I would like to commend the Committee that has prepared this Report. Secondly, I will single out an individual in this House, in the name of Hon. Sankok, for the amazing work he has done in the representation of the over six million Kenyans who depend on him to give them a voice on the Floor of this House. The ratification that we are doing is important to my mind for two reasons. One is because there exists an African Charter. To me, the African Charter is a big step for this continent in going towards Pan Africanism and building a United Nations of Africa. The African Charter, on its own, does not solve the problems of this continent. So, we need protocols that support the African Charter as our way of coming up with a continent that is united and that lives to the aspirations of the Pan African founding fathers of this continent. Secondly, it is the good book that tells us that whatsoever you do to the least of my brothers that you do unto me. This afternoon, by accepting this Report from the Committee and ratifying this Protocol, we are taking care of the least among the least in our society. There are many articles in this Protocol that guarantee quite a number of things for the elderly people. There are few that stand out for me. The moment you get to an advanced age in some societies, people start institutionalising you, so much so that even if we are celebrating some development in the developed world, there are things as Africans that we cannot do because of our African principles. The moment you institutionalise an individual, you are departing the person from your community, banishing them, but if we ratify this Protocol, we will be going towards taking care of the elderly people. We have to think, as human beings, that age is just a number. Today, I might be considered a middle aged man, but yesterday they were calling me a youth. But tomorrow, I shall be an elderly person. I might be doing this today thinking that I am doing it for the older people in society, but I am planting a seed that I might reap in my advanced age. People living with disabilities are quite a small percentage of our population. I am notified by Hon. Sankok about time, so that we are able to get the Mover to reply. I shall cut my speech short by saying that I support the Report of this Committee and commend it for the good work. I single out Hon. Sankok for the great work he is doing for this demographic that we call people living with disabilities. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for that opportunity. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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