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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Ogola",
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    "content": "Therefore, Madam Temporary Speaker, I stand here to say that this initial initiative has continued to expand and now there are many in number. This is a real success story in this case. Finally, Madam Temporary Speaker, in consequent months when these elderly people were paid, a number of us asked ourselves whether they were still the elderly people that we saw initially at the commencement of the project because they were people who consequently had lives in themselves, looked happier and were living in a dignified way. Madam Temporary Speaker, we live in an African set-up in a community and we cannot lose our brotherhood. We must be a people in terms of leadership or families, who care about the vulnerable. It is on that basis that I rise to second and support this Bill. Madam Temporary Speaker, allow me to give out certain key thoughts from myself on the Social Protection Bill (National Assembly Bills No.12 of 2025). As we talk about the elderly, there have also been commendable programmes by the Government on the orphans and vulnerable children, which closely followed after the elderly cash transfer that was initiated at the time of the Grand Coalition Government. However, there are seriously vulnerable cohorts in our society that I would like to single out. As a country, we must pay attention when we talk about social protection to certain calibre of people amongst ourselves. Do we ever think about college and university students out there? I am not talking about their tuition money. I am talking about certain support that I see lacking. The Government certainly is giving some support. I would like to talk from a personal experience I have had a number of students that I relate with. I know all the leaders here and elsewhere relate with them. It breaks my heart when I see the life that some of the university and college students live in a number of our institutions. Just recently, I realized that there are some students in our universities and colleges, because they are not able to pay rent and buy food, even when fees has been paid, live in very miserable situations. The basis of this Bill that I support is banked on the fact that people need to live with dignity. A child, young person or anybody who lives The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."
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