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    "id": 1163451,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Nyamunga",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 738,
        "legal_name": "Rose Nyamunga Ogendo",
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    "content": "destitute elderly persons above the age of 65 years to cater for their subsistence needs; NOTING THAT the beneficiaries receive a monthly stipend of Kshs2,000 delivered every two months through appointed payment agents, and also entitled to medical insurance through the National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF); CONCERNED HOWEVER THAT the programme’s credibility is marred by issues of delayed payments to beneficiaries, difficulties in processing of payments through the stipulated agents and payments to unregistered persons; NOW THEREFORE, the Senate recommends that the County Governments complement the efforts of the National Government and assist in resolving these challenges by- (i) Developing legislation and policies to protect the elderly including ensuring all elderly persons in their counties are registered in the OPCT programme; and (ii) Organise value addition mechanisms such as financial training to help the beneficiaries of the programme to efficiently utilize this allowance. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, this Motion has been off for quite some time and mostly because of matter of technicalities. However, I want to appreciate what the national Government has done so far in making sure that the elderly are taken care of. When we looked at the statistics, it was very clear that people who are 70 years and above in Kenya are more than 900,000. The statistics shows they are below one million. This means that the Government can easily take care of its elderly. Our population is between 45 and 50 million as per the report we got. I am not very sure of the actual population of Kenya even after the census of 2019. It is still not clear. Going by that census, the numbers of the elderly or people who are 70 years and above, it is less than a million. That means it is a figure that the Government can easily deal with."
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