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    "content": "that is expected to take care of the elderly. It is important that this be cascaded down to a point where the county governments will allocate money for taking care of these elderly people in its budget. That is the bit that I liked. I also liked the aspect of protecting the rights of the elderly people within those counties. The Bill provides for what constitutes an abuse. As the Mover has said, the rights of those elderly people, especially women, are violated even by young people, their grandchildren or passers-by. This Bill clearly points out what constitutes an abuse. If they are put in proper homes, they will be protected within the settings of the homes that are provided. The other issue is registration of homes. There are challenges that most institutions go through during registration but I like the provision within the Bill which states that if your registration is rejected, there must be review mechanisms in place for you to reapply and see that you have managed to go through the registration process. The other thing that is important in this Bill is the requirement that the current homes be registered by the county governments if they meet the requirements. This is something that will be useful for the elderly people in our societies. The Bill also provides for Monitoring and Evaluation which will make sure that those homes are properly taken care of. There is a monitoring mechanism in place and safety requirements provided for the homes to take care of those elderly people. Currently, there is some money that is allocated to the elderly for healthcare services through the National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) and the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection but I feel that we need to have better structures in place on how this money can benefit the elderly, especially those who are sick for that money is available. Most Kenyans do not know that the money is available under the Ministry of Health and Ministry of Labour and Social Protection. The key thing to consider is transparency in terms of how that money is utilised and allocated to individuals who benefit from it. When we talk about these homes, some people think that we are talking of some secluded places. I would want to urge the Mover of the Bill that we should come up with homes that fit within our African culture and settings or within a certain estate, community or culture. Where I come from, people live in manyattas and they sometimes live in those manyattas because of certain reasons which could be security or tribal setting. It is, therefore, important to customise those homes within the setting of an African culture. Without much ado, I support this Bill and when we get to the Third Reading, we should capture most of the things that the Members have contributed so as to enrich it for it to be suitable and useful so as to protect the rights of our elderly people in our country. It is important that we support this Bill. Madam Temporary Speaker, I beg to second."
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