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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wako",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Amos Sitswila Wako",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to make my contribution on this very important Bill. I also want to commend Sen. Cheruiyot for having come up with this Bill. He is one of the youngest Members in this Senate and yet he is mindful of other people’s welfare, in particular, the older members of society. I want to commend him as a young man for being mindful of our welfare, and as the Bible says: “Your days on this planet earth have been increased.” May I also talk about the definition in the Constitution of who is an older person. This is not specifically mentioned in the Act, but it would be useful to repeat that definition of an older person somewhere in the Act. An older person is one who is at least 60 years of age. When I looked at the Constitution, I initially thought that an older person is one who is at least 70 years of age. On that basis, I could see that maybe in the House this afternoon, it is only Sen. Mugo and I who would qualify to be older members of the society. The age is 60 years and, therefore, a number of people here would qualify. I do not want to go into the depth of the provisions of the Bill because they were well articulated by the Mover and the Seconder of the Bill. I want to commend them for coming up with this Bill. 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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