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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Thika Town, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon Alice Ng’ang’a",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I support the Geriatric Bill. This Bill talks about the vulnerable in the society. First, I want to congratulate and thank Hon. Gathoni Wamuchomba for thinking about our elderly persons. Hon. Temporary Speaker, it is true that we have various councils for different categories of people, but not for the elderly. This Bill is very timely. Those elderly members of our society were once very vibrant like us. In some years to come, we are also going to join them in that category of the elderly. We have to think about them, especially when they reach 70 years. The Government gives them a monthly stipend of Ksh2000. In September, we recruited more people because the last time we did registration was in 2017. Therefore, it was right for the Kenya Kwanza Government to do so. In September 2023, we did a mass registration across the country. The elderly came out in large numbers. We registered 700,000. I also want to thank Members of the National Assembly who went back to the grassroots to help register the elderly. That explains why we had 700,000 persons registering. I want to inform the House that from March, they will also be included in the monthly stipend payment so that they may also enjoy that benefit like those who were registered in 2017. It is important to have a council to oversee how the elderly are doing and how they are treated. We live in society. Their family members always know when these elderly people have not been paid. Right now, they are, at least, paid at the end of every month. Before the Kenya Kwanza administration came in, they would wait for seven months without being paid. Once their family members realised that they were going to receive Ksh14,000, they ensured that they were around to take the money from them."
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