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    "speaker_name": "Sen. G.G. Kariuki",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Godfrey Gitahi Kariuki",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I was not prepared to speak, but since we still have the time, I will speak for some minutes. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, first of all, I need to thank the Mover of this Motion. It does not take a lot time to think about a Motion and see the effects of that Motion in case it goes through. But I have been in Parliament for sometime and know that it is not a simple job to draft a Motion. You have to gather material and understand the mission that you are going to undertake. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, this Motion is merely seeking to remind the Government that there is a group of people in this country that needs the support of the entire country as well. That group is of the old people. Someone mentioned about Members of Parliament and said that when they leave Parliament, they appear broke throughout, but I want to remind the hon. Members that there is a pension scheme for Members of Parliament after they have served for two terms. It is a good pension because I have gone through it before I came to the Senate. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I am happy to note that the hon. Senators who spoke on this Motion were less emotional. They had a lot of sense in what they were saying in terms of thinking of how to take care of the old in this country. The Senate has many educated men and women. I want to state that when this Motion was moved, somebody or a Committee, for example, the Committee on Health, should have come up with comprehensive statement of figures to give us, for example, the number of people aged above 70 years. This is so that as we are contributing to this Motion, we are directed by figures and facts. But we normally just speak on what may or may not be there. We needed to know about these figures. This would have enabled us to The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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