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    "id": 1558960,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Meru County, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Elizabeth Kailemia",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to add my voice to this Social Protection Bill. I particularly want to talk about people living with disabilities. As I go round Meru County, I have realised that too many children are locked in houses just because their mothers have to get casual work to feed their families. It is very sad. The caregivers of people living with disabilities do not even have the slightest income. The older people need to get help, but I wish we also seriously consider the caregivers for people living with disabilities. They are not able to look for work because they have to take care of the children or the grown-ups that they live with. The other group is orphans. In the African setup, we think that orphans are taken care of by their uncles or their grandparents, but this is not the case. As we think of increasing the elderly people's stipend, the Ksh2,000 is not enough, we think about where the orphans live. That touches on housing. In my county, I have started a programme called “ Jenga Keja ” where we build houses for vulnerable people who have deplorable mud houses, which you can see inside from outside. I could not agree more with this Bill. I echo what my colleagues have said. The Social Protection Bill is timely. It should have happened like yesterday because there are so many problems. Members of Parliament have been caretakers for all the counties; giving money daily for hospital bills and school fees. They have also been offering other forms of support to their people."
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