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"content": "Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. If you look at our country in general, there is a break up of our traditional social welfare systems. Old people are being left to live in very deplorable conditions in farmlands that are no longer arable or viable because of our land tenure system. Even when many grand children would want to take care of the old members of the family, it is becoming increasingly hard because of the high unemployment rate. This House has been informed that up to 70 per cent of our young people are unemployed. Therefore, some of our older people do not even have enough food to eat. The media has highlighted some situations where civil society organizations have donated items like blankets to the old people. The old people scramble for the items, and this is a clear indication that the senior members of our society are suffering. This country has not had a proper regime when it comes to pensions. Until recently, pensions were meagre. They were contributory for a very small proportion of our population that had gainful employment. Most of our people are in the informal economy and, therefore, have not had opportunity to benefit from organized pension schemes. Therefore, most of our people end up suffering even when they have pensions, because they can barely sustain the basic needs as prescribed by the Maslowâs hierarchy of needs. Even when the Government institutionalized a very proper social protection safety net under the former Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Development, this was"
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