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    "id": 1218141,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kaiti, WDM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Joshua Kimilu",
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    "content": "When I was issuing bursaries last weekend in my constituency, I got more than 300 elderly people in my office. They told me “you have issued bursaries to students today. What of us? We need money. We have attained the age of 70 years and we have never been registered.” I request this House to resolve that the national government, through the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection, undertakes continuous and timely registration for the OPCT. This will ensure that all deserving elderly persons are registered, receive benefits from the programme, and that there is adequate monitoring of timely disbursement of funds. We can make it automatic that when one attains the age of 65 years, they go to the chief’s office, are registered, and automatically start getting this cash. I think that will help. The Government has issued cheap fertilisers to our farmers. We experience short rains in Lower Eastern. Our people in Makueni planted and they were excited to use that fertiliser. I even wrote to the Ministry of Agriculture because we did not have rains after two weeks and all the plants died. The reason was, maybe, that fertiliser could not sustain our crops. So, I request the Ministry to do research before giving fertilisers because different areas have different climate. Our people are now suffering because of very harsh conditions and are going without food. If the youth are going without food, what about the elderly people?"
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