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    "id": 1347804,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kisumu East, Independent",
    "speaker_title": "Hon Shakeel Shabbir",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Ahmed Shakeel Shabbir Ahmed",
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    "content": " Thank you for indulging me. As you have said, some of these cards are not working. We sit here hoping they are recording, but they are not. I hope the Serjeant-at-Arms and those in charge of this august House will have these machines serviced. I am contributing from a position of knowledge. In my earlier days, we set up a home for the elderly in England. The home worked for about 30 years. My family worked very hard, and the Queen even awarded my sister-in-law for the work she did in the care of the elderly. So, taking care of the elderly is in our genes. In our African, Kenyan and even Luo cultures, not only do we respect the elderly, but we also respect the spirits of our ancestors. The elderly are part and parcel of our society. I do not understand what is happening to Kenyans and our people. We are now ignoring and throwing our elderly away. There are cases in Kisii where the elderly are being burnt as witches just because the children want to take over the properties. It is a sad state of affairs, and it tells us that the society that we are in is degrading very fast. Children and the elderly are the two pillars of our family and society. If our family values and culture cannot be supported, we are going to the dogs, and as we say, the end of the world is close. If we cannot respect our elderly and children, then what are we doing? About 90 per cent of the nurses in this country are in the United Kingdom, United States of America, Japan or wherever. The other day, I saw an advert that said, “We are giving special visas for caregivers.” Our people are going to take care of some foreigners for money while leaving their own elderly behind. I may not have supported the Housing Levy but, if there was an “elderly levy,” I would have wanted to be part and parcel of it and contribute a certain percentage of my money to it. 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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