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    "id": 826595,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mumias East, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Benjamin Washiali",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Benjamin Jomo Washiali",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I rise to make this Statement and request if it could be considered for zero hour. Pursuant to Standing Order No. 43, I wish to make a Statement regarding Government Cash Transfer Programme for the elderly, popularly known as pesa kwa wazee . It is a few years since the Government started this programme for the elderly persons aged 70 and above who are entitled to a bi-monthly stipend of Kshs2,000. However, residents in various areas of the country and in Kakamega County in particular, are not fully benefiting from this stipend. There is a general fear among Kenyans that this could be a brewing scandal in the Department of Social Protection under the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection concerning the allocation and disbursement criteria of these funds to the intended beneficiaries. There is need for the Government to clarify the criteria required for elderly persons to be identified and included in the list of beneficiaries, state the frequency and intervals at which the money should be disbursed, explain why there have been delays in disbursement of the funds to the approved persons, state the measures put in place to ensure regular predictable disbursement of funds, reduce inconveniences and curb corruption in the disbursement. As earlier requested, could this Statement be debated by Members of this House during the Zero Hour?"
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