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    "id": 1273261,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Ms. Florence Bore",
    "speaker_title": "The Cabinet Secretary for Labour and Social Protection",
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    "content": "Thank you Hon. Temporary Speaker. I hear Members and I hear the cries from the beneficiaries. Some are put in place in the wrong way while others are left out. I appeal that we work with these committees to ensure that the right beneficiaries are put in place. It is also important to note that we were able to clean up the system for the persons with severe disabilities. We had some funding for that and we were able to bring on board about 10,000 new beneficiaries of persons with disabilities. For the older persons and the vulnerable children, we did not have the funding. We have brought on board about 10,000 new persons with severe disabilities. We will continue with the clean-up exercise because we have deceased persons and there could be some room to bring on board others. We are also going to bring on board another 500,000 and that way we can also bring in the very needy cases that need to be brought on board. So, there is room for us to do that; this year, 500,000 and next year, 800,000. If we pass the Social Assistance Fund Bill, we will bring everybody on board. The faster we pass it, the better so that our people can gain from the Inua Jamii Programme. As they are in the Programme, the ones who get better and are no longer vulnerable are weaned-off and that creates room to allow inclusion of more vulnerable people. With the expected bumper harvest, we expect the vulnerable to get some food to eat. Thank you very much Hon. Temporary Speaker."
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