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    "id": 1334158,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kabuchai, FORD-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Majimbo Kalasinga",
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    "content": " Hon. Speaker, I beg to give notice of the following Motion: THAT, aware that Article 57 of the Constitution provides that the State shall take measures to secure the rights of older persons to live in dignity and to receive reasonable care and assistance from the State; noting that to actualise the provisions of Article 57 of the Constitution, the Government rolled out the InuaJamii Cash Transfer Programme in 2015 to provide regular and predictable cash transfers to older persons aged 70 years and above and who are not in receipt of a civil service pension; appreciating the success that the programme has recorded in alleviating poverty and suffering among older members of the society since its inception; noting that the Government intends to progressively net more vulnerable and under-privileged members of the society with a view to reaching 2.5 million beneficiaries in the next three years; concerned that, with respect to eligibility to the programme for older members of society, the guidelines requires them to have attained the age of 70 years; noting that, Article 260 of the Constitution defines an “older member of society” as one who has attained the age of 60 years; concerned that capping the eligibility for enrolment to the InuaJamii Programme at the age of 70 years is discriminatory to the older members of society and negates the spirit of the Constitution entitling support to older members of the society; now therefore, this House urges the national Government, through the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection, to revise the age requirement for eligibility of elderly members to be enrolled to the Inua Jamii Programme from 70 years to 60 years in line with the Constitution."
}