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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Sakaja",
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        "legal_name": "Johnson Arthur Sakaja",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Allow me to, first, begin by thanking Sen. Aaron Cheruiyot for thinking of the older members of the society despite the fact that he is one of the youngest Senators that we have. In fact, he is one of the very few that is younger than me. Mr. Speaker, Sir, many times, we have trained our focus and minds on the youth and issues of women, but we forget that there is a very special category of Kenyans that need as much care and us to remember them. This is because a society that has no respect for the older generation is a society that has a serious moral problem. Mr. Speaker, Sir, this Bill came through my Committee on Labour and Social Welfare. We have interacted, gone through it and we fully support it. We have proposed a number of amendments which do not change the principle objects of the Bill. They just clean it up and align it with international best practices as well as terms that are used in our Constitution and so on. We must be embarrassed as a country because currently, there is no legal framework in Kenya for the protection and promotion of the rights of older members of the society. In addition, there is no framework for registration, establishment and management of facilities for this very important segment of our society. At first glance when the Bill was brought to us, many of us felt that it is very un- African to think of homes for older persons. In as much as they are very popular in the West – such that when your parents get to a certain age, you take them to a home – this is 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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