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"speaker_name": "Buuri, UDA",
"speaker_title": "Hon. Mugambi Rindikiri",
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"content": "I agree that adequate money must be appropriated towards this. I also agree with Hon. (Dr) Nyamai that research must be done on this population. Every year, we need statistics generated by the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) to determine the number of people according to age classification, specifically those over 70 years. Through this, we will know the kind of resources that the Government needs to put in place and how those resources will be distributed. Hon. Temporary Speaker, we, as a House, need to apologise to the elderly because there is a line item on the amount of money that is being allocated to them that has never been given significant attention in this House. Moving forward, it is my view and conviction that we put more money into the elderly. I agree that the Ksh2,000 is not adequate. The minimum those people need is Ksh5,000 every month. As I congratulate Madam Gathoni Wamuchomba, let us also remind ourselves that we have failed as a society. Many people rarely go to take care of their parents or go to rural areas. Once we vacate the rural areas, many of us rarely go back. I challenge the Kenyan society today that there is a need to start and make it compulsory that every person takes care of his or her parents. Hon. Wamuchomba, you need to look at that. You cannot leave your father and mother. You have an obligation as they gave birth to you. I challenge Kenyans that it is time to start thinking about our fathers and grandfathers who are languishing in poverty and yet, many of us are enjoying life out here. With those few remarks, I support. We are looking forward to whatever contribution we have made being given attention in the Bill. Thank you. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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