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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I know that the Inua Jamii Programme by the Government, where we were giving stipends to the older members of the society, has received a lot of challenges. I wish that this function could be devolved. I know that the national Government is the one doing registration using the chiefs and assistant chiefs so as to get to many places. However, many older people are complaining that they have not had the opportunity of benefiting from the Kshs2000 stipend programme. Now that we have a singular law that deals with the older members of the society, I hope they will benefit. I hope they will find favour from Members of the Senate and the National Assembly so that there is a legal framework. My colleagues have discussed the role that a county government should play. I know we are giving county governments a bigger role. We will be having a census. The Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) will conduct a census and we need an updated version so that we know the numbers. If you reach a certain age, you are registered to receive stipend from the Government through the Kenya National Safety Net Programme for the older members of society. We should bring that age down. The retirement age was extended to 60 years. We should reduce the age of people who should receive a stipend from the Government to 60 years. The other day, Sen. Wako was giving statistics of how sweet and tender the chicken from Busia is but that was without scientific proof. The only sweet chicken is from Nandi. He alluded to the fact that he prays---"
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