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"speaker_name": "Kilgoris, JP",
"speaker_title": "Hon. Julius Sunkuli",
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"content": "Hon. Temporary Speaker, it is unfortunate that nowadays this particular matter is no longer a community issue. Some time back, it was the responsibility of the family and the community to protect their elderly persons. Now that our community is looked after by the Government, it is good that this Bill is bringing some responsibility to the Government to ensure that older people are also looked after. I am happy that the issue of legal representation of elderly people is emphasised in this Bill. I have a 90-year-old man in Kilgoris who is being bothered by his family – there are many other elderly people in similar situation – because he owns a lot of land. He lives in poverty because he has been taken to court and he cannot be represented by anybody. This law emphasises the fact that elderly people must be provided with lawyers to ensure that they are protected so that their relatives do not pray that they die quickly in order for them to inherit their land. A person must be able to enjoy his property even if it is for 10 or 15 years."
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