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    "id": 827021,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/827021/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nominated, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Dennitah Ghati",
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        "legal_name": "Dennitah Ghati",
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    "content": " Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for the opportunity. Allow me to, first of all, thank the Jubilee Government. This is the best gift that it gave to cushion our people. I wanted to suggest that if having one centre for older persons to receive the money is not feasible, we could add more centres in the constituencies. We could even use the tallying centres where people go to verify their voter registration statuses and cast their votes. Why can we not also use the tallying centres as payment centres for the older people? They can walk there and receive their pay. We have to sensitise the clerks. I want to ask the Committee to investigate the clerks and the district gender and social services officers. Those people have to be investigated and their capacity enhanced. We have widows, orphans and vulnerable children that we take care of. There are people who should receive this money. The intention of the cash transfer programme is really good. We need to cushion our people economically. You find most of the households are headed by widows or single-parent women and people living with disabilities. Those are vulnerable groups. We need to make sure that the Committee brings out those discussions. We should even use polling stations as payment centres. Old persons can easily walk there and pick their pay. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I wish to give my comments."
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