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    "content": "There is also the home-based care programme and a requirement by the counties to deal with--- In fact, we should have a department and an officer whose obligation in the county is to implement these provisions. I like these provisions that are enumerated as responsibilities of county governments. Therefore, when this law is passed, there must be a department as well as an officer in the county in charge of older people. This officer can be held to account. When dealing with the children officer, you also must have the older people officer in every county and also in the national government as provided for in this Bill. Mr. Speaker, Sir, this Bill lists the types of abuses that must be dealt with, including economic abuse. It makes it an offence attracting imprisonment for not more than five years, or a fine of Kshs1 million shillings. If an older person has been tortured mentally, I think five years might be too little. We may need to think about amending the provision to about eight to 10 years so as to make it severe. We can make it up to ten years and then leave it to the discretion of the magistrate involved when that time comes. If the offence is severe, the magistrate can then sentence the offender to up to ten years in jail. I totally agree with many of the provisions of the Bill and I think the Committee has made very good improvements on it. However, as the Senate, we must continue supporting this kind of legislation. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I do not want to speak more. I would have loved to talk more about this Bill, but I want to congratulate Sen. Cheruiyot. We will support it and we hope that it will find favor in the eyes of Kenyans. We hope that it will also be passed expeditiously by the National Assembly so that our older members of the society can get the good care that is already guaranteed by the Constitution and this law. Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir."
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