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    "id": 1558922,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Laikipia East, TSP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Mwangi Kiunjuri",
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    "content": "Clause 7 of the Bill establishes a Board which will create order, predictability and consistency. The dignity of the vulnerable members of society who are beneficiaries will also be taken care of. The elderly people, who are beneficiaries, have served this nation. They laid the foundation of the nation and served us very well. They are now at an age where we need to take care of them. They still shoulder some burden and responsibilities in our society these days. We still look upon them for solutions. When our young are neglected or they neglect themselves and end up in drug addiction, they fall back to the same parents they are supposed to support. The elderly are now the ones supporting the young generation, yet they are supposed to benefit from them. When accidents happen in our society, issues of disabilities crop up. Family members run away from shouldering the responsibilities of taking care of the disabled who then end up with the elderly people. The issue here is that both the orphans and disabled end up in the care of the elderly people who shoulder all this burden. Members of Parliament and other representatives who have the opportunity to interact with the society on daily basis will be the first beneficiaries of this Bill when it goes through. We should make sure that some issues are in order. These are timely payment, identification and making sure that the vulnerable people in the society benefit and they are not discriminated against. If there is a way they will be picked, we should ensure that there is proper collaboration. The process should not be left to area chiefs alone. Proper teams should be set up on the ground to make sure that there is automatic qualification of the needy in the society. If you look at the mode of payment, it is cash transfer. These are some of the issues that the Board must be concerned with. It should ensure that beneficiaries do not suffer because they come from areas where modes of payments are not friendly. They must look at this country, especially at people from northern Kenya or areas that have banking facilities that are not well-established. They should also look at people who cannot access the internet, and make sure there is consistency in the way we do things. They should not rush into deciding this is the most applicable system, but rather look at an area individually so that people can benefit. Some people might look at the token they are given as very little money but, if we look at it in terms of the frustrations in the society, it is a lot. As a Member of Parliament, when you wake up in the morning, you find people who have lined up in your compound, and when you give them Ksh200, they are very happy and satisfied that you have given them a livelihood for the day. I am happy that Members of Parliament have identified this income as an economic stimulus, because at the end of the day it stimulates the economy of a particular area. A person earning an income of Ksh2,000 per month is enough to cushion these families from hunger. In a situation of famine..."
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