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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Samburu East, KANU",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Jackson Lekumontare",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I rise to support this Bill. Currently, elderly and disabled persons in our constituencies are suffering very much. This Bill will help us solve some problems. When social protection was rolled out, I remember that it came as a trial with a start-up of Ksh2000, which we know does not help anymore. People may not know some places in this country. If you look at how these people get money, they get nothing. We need a law that will ensure they get what they are supposed to get. Previously, whoever was responsible for issues of the elderly would want to verify whether a registered beneficiary was still alive. However, the verification method was a challenge. If there is a body responsible for the affairs of elderly people, those responsible will have a way of verifying that registered beneficiaries are indeed alive. In some places, like in Samburu East, which I represent, many people were left out of this programme because they were unable to go to the verification centres. We need this Bill to identify and verify that these people are alive. We are not equal in this country. A sum of Ksh2,000 can help people in some places but some constituencies in this country are vast. The Ksh2,000 does not even get to the people it is supposed to help. The intention is good but implementation of the social protection scheme is not well taken care of. This Bill will help us solve some of the problems that elderly and disabled people are facing in the country. I realised that even when you were disabled, you would not be allowed to go and get the money that you are entitled to if you were on a wheel chair because you would not be considered to be disabled at that time. You would need somebody to sign on your behalf for the money to be dispatched."
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