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    "id": 837295,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Pareno",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13180,
        "legal_name": "Judith Ramaita Pareno",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker for allowing me to contribute to this Bill. I thank Sen. Cheruiyot for coming up with this important Bill. Madam Temporary Speaker, I am happy that, finally, we are seeing the results of passing the Constitution 2010. This Bill comes to actually implement Article 57 of the Constitution which reads as follows- “57. The State shall take measures to ensure the rights of older persons- (a) to fully participate in the affairs of society; (b) to pursue their personal development; (c) to live in dignity and respect and be free from abuse; and (d) to receive reasonable care and assistance from their family and the State.” If you look at every Section in this Bill, it actually talks about this particular Article of the Constitution. I am, therefore, happy that the Constitution is being implemented through this Bill. Madam Temporary Speaker, I remember that as we campaigned for the Constitution 2010, one of the campaign tools that some of us used for it to pass, while talking to the old, was to tell them that it will have a provision that ensures that the old will be protected and cared for. I am, therefore, happy that this is coming to fruition. This is because through this Bill, we shall realize the promises we made to the electorate about the Constitution 2010, which is very robust and ambitious and which takes care of the interests of each and every person in society. Madam Temporary Speaker, I am a bit apprehensive, and there will be many others who will be like me; those who are conservative. I shudder to imagine that I can take my parents to a care centre because I feel it is not traditional and it is not in my culture. It is actually a curse if you do not take care of your parents. We believe that if you leave them to suffer there, a curse will come upon you and your children. I know that we will have a lot of cultural issues here, but I understand that we are a diverse nation. There are those who can happily take their parents to a care centre while there are those who believe in traditions, who will fear those curses. There are also those who will not do it out of the love and care they have for their parents. However, I am happy that this Bill has given us all the options. It has given us the option of taking them to that care centre which is manned by some professionals. We can also do what I love most – community care or home care – where you will be guided, and where the county is being asked to provide the necessary services and support for us to take care of our parents within our homesteads. I am, therefore, happy about that, otherwise I would feel so uncomfortable to actually support a Bill that takes away my own parents to some strange hands. I would be happier taking care of my parents while getting the technical support that I might not have at home. Therefore, the home care bit is wonderful, because I have seen that it provides for medical intervention. This Bill provides for medical and nutrition intervention, nursing and also promotes awareness for purposes of how to treat such people. Probably there is need for The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes"
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