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"content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to thank the hon. Members of this House for overwhelmingly supporting this Motion of mine. All the 17 hon. Members who contributed to this Motion supported it. I would like to register my tribute to the following: Mr. Njuguna, Mr. Chanzu, Dr. Shaban, Mr.Mwakulegwa, Mr. Namwamba, Mr. Y. Haji, Ms. Leshomo, Mr. James Maina Kamau, Prof. Kamar, Mrs. Odhiambo-Mabona, Mr. Letimalo, Mr. Kigen, Mr. Twaha, Dr. Wekesa, Mr. Langat, Mrs. Shebesh and Ms. A. Abdalla for overwhelmingly supporting this Motion. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, this Motion was very popular, not only with the Members of this House, but it is also popular with the citizens of this country. Once this Motion is passed, I believe that the Government will move with speed; will not even wait for the amended date of 1st July, 2012 to try to implement this Motion. I have confidence that the Government is supporting this Motion because even in the recent Budget estimates which were tabled in this House, I saw an attempt to start implementing this Motion. The Minister has provided some figures which increased the monthly cash transfer to those who were already getting this allowance in the 44 districts. Now he has moved it to 72 districts, to Kshs2,000 which was the prayer of my Motion. So, I believe that the Government has goodwill. They are planning to support and they have the intention to implement the provisions of this Motion. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to repeat that these senior citizens of this country have participated in economic activities during their productive life. Now that they are not able to do so, we have to support them. Their age does not allow them to use the same energy that they could have used to provide to this country towards their economic development. Therefore, we, as a country, need to take care of them, support them and give them some decent life. With those few remarks, I beg to move. Thank you."
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