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    "content": "difficult for the Government to identify qualified people to run these homes or centres. This is going to encourage more graft and misuse of Government revenue. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, in September, 2011, I was privileged to visit Japan which is a developed country, to undergo a programme on independent living. Japan and Thailand have a human care centre which promotes independent living. They train people as personal assistants to take care of older persons, people with disabilities and pregnant women. A woman who has a young child and is expectant is given personal assistants who work in shifts, according to the needs. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I oppose this Motion because it will pose serious challenges to the Government, as it will be difficult to identify genuine beneficiaries of this programme. Even the cash transfer to the older persons will be a challenge. I have been serving the communities, and know the problem that Kenyans are experiencing with the cash transfer to older persons. The service provider who is a Government employee identifies a beneficiary, who is a close relative, to benefit from this programme. So, at the end of the day, the Government money is not serving the genuine people who deserve to get this money. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the Mover of the Motion stated very well that some people have children who work outside the country, but they have neglected them. If you are neglected by your own child, whom you invested in by educating him, and now you want the Government to take care of you and there is a Kenyan citizen whose child never went to school and does not have anything to help that old person--- I oppose this move strongly because it will waste Kenya’s revenue and will not support the genuine poor citizens of this country. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I beg to oppose."
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