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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) W.K. Njunguna",
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        "legal_name": "Winnie Karimi Njuguna",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I was almost giving up but I thank God that you have seen me. I am Winnie Njuguna from Kirinyaga County. I stand to support this Motion. It is a very important Motion. Kenyans have a lot of hope in this Government. They believe it will bring changes in their lives. We have seen the elderly suffering a lot. This is an area which has been neglected for a very long time. Old age comes with a lot of challenges. The old get diseases and are unable to work. We really need to support them. Just giving free medical care is not enough. It is, however, good for the first time. These people require financial support. The last Government provided for this and some of the old people have been getting it. We need to make sure that every person who is above 60 years of age gets financial support. For the diseases, they are caused by lack of good eating, that is, lack of balanced diet. At that age, they are unable to work and therefore get food. That is why they get many diseases. It is important that we support the elderly even with finances. Retired people who have been working get their pension until they die. There is this group which has no finances. I support that these people get finances. We need ambulances in all the counties. We need at least one ambulance in every county. If these people have no money, how do they get to hospital to get treatment? This is where the county is going to get blessings, that is, if we take care of our elderly. In most cases people faced with problems of old age are women. They suffer more because they really work a lot. At old age they suffer the most. I really support this Motion. The women need to be supported financially. I come from Mwea where people live in villages and cannot work to get some money. Elderly people die and sometimes there is no place to bury them. This is because they live in villages. These people languish in poverty. Let this programme start, and let it start with the people of Mwea because there are many old people there who suffer because they live in villages. They do not have farms where they can work. These people cannot move to other areas where they can be employed as casual labourers because they are old. So, they just suffer in those villages."
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