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    "id": 1347752,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1347752/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Naivasha, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Jayne Kihara",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to add my voice and to congratulate Hon. Wamuchomba for coming up with this Bill. We have seen children leaving their parents destitute. The elderly are part of the development of this country but, when they age, there is no one to take care of them. We know that other countries have a social service funding for the elderly. This is where we are. As we age and possibly end up in a retirement home, may there be a home that is catered for by the Government. This will ensure our elderly do not become destitute. I know of a lady in Nyeri who is known as ‘Wanjiku of the elderly’ because she runs around. She came up with an NGO after realising that the elderly people who live at home, especially the women, are very vulnerable. Their caregivers sometimes rape them. We need a structure where the elderly are safe and stable because they are catered for in the Constitution. How do we implement this Constitution if we do not have a Bill that tasks the Government with the responsibility of caring for the elderly? In concluding, we must know that we will all get old and we do not want to be destitute. Their medical expenses also have to be catered for because every time there is an elderly person who needs help, Members of Parliament take that responsibility. I support."
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