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    "id": 827009,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Garissa Township, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Aden Duale",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
        "slug": "aden-duale"
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    "content": " Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I really want to thank the Jubilee administration, under the leadership of President Uhuru Kenyatta who introduced cash transfers for the elderly members in our society. A society that will not take care of its elderly is doomed. This is from my culture. This House has budgeted for the money. We need to call the men and women that run the cash transfer programme for our elderly people to account to the people. On the issue of mobile money transfers, some of the elders do not know how to operate M-Pesa accounts. So, we must find a way of giving this money to them and even give them extra universal health care insurance policy. This morning, I read in the media that the President of Turkey has said that anybody above 65 years of age will get $300 every month, free medical insurance and free housing. That is where we want Kenya to be in the future. It is possible. We should not receive the curse of our elderly. They are in the villages experiencing serious malnutrition, health complications, have no houses and they live under the sun. When it rains in some parts of western Kenya where my friend, the Majority Whip comes from, and where there is a lot of rainfall, they face serious problems. I saw him and the Deputy President going for a cup of tea. He should have carried a few elders who were around there. I am told they gave that lady Kshs100,000. She must be very rich. You should have carried along two elders. I am sure some elders were rained on. Next time, he should carry elders because the Deputy President does not know them. It is him, the speaker and the rest. They should not have tea alone. I have not seen elders in the photos that are circulating. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I saw my Whip having mandazi and tea, but I did not see any poor person around there. I am sure in that village there are poor people. This is just the story of Jubilee that wengine wanakula nyama na wengine wana… That story should end. That is not a Jubilee story. Our story is that we want to take care of our elderly persons. I thank my leader for bringing this agenda to the House, but we must not leave it at Zero Hour. We must call the men and women in charge of the programme before the House to answer these questions."
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