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    "content": "some training on how our people can be sensitised on how best to take care of our parents. Madam Temporary Speaker, there is a day we came in here wearing headscarves. I can remember that you were in the lead group. As we came in, the men were happy and they also wanted to wear the headscarves. I heard most of them say that we looked like our mothers. We love our mothers but unfortunately I did not hear them say that they love their wives. I heard them say that; “We love our mothers and we are proud to wear these scarves because we love them so much.” This kind of law will ensure that we all extend that love, protection and care that we want and feel for our parents. It will also enable us to take care of them even at home. We will only take them to homes for the elderly where probably it cannot be avoided. I know this is a Bill that will be supported by Members, considering how they reacted that day by saying that we looked like our mothers when we wore the headscarves. When I went to Australia with a Senate team to watch the Commonwealth games, I saw a lot of old but fit people offering voluntary services. In fact, I had a chance to talk to some of them. The ones I talked to were ex-soldiers and ex-social workers and they were giving a lot of support during the games. When I asked them whether they are paid, they said that they had volunteered. They said they wanted to participate in the development of the society. Older persons in our society do not have space because we do not give them space to participate in the development of our society. Immediately one retires, it is like they should go back home and look after cows. These people are experts because they have the knowledge and the expertise. Some of them are fit to continue serving this country if given space. They can even volunteer. It is not just a matter of being paid to work in that country. They said they were volunteering to serve the nation to ensure that the nation continues to develop. There is a provision here that we should give them room to participate in nation building. This is a Bill that will give our older persons, with the little energy that they have, to participate in building the nation and keep them busy by having them to offer voluntary services. So, this law will be handy. It will give them space and enable them to impart the rich knowledge that they have. Most of them are still fit by the time they retire and they can still impart the knowledge they have. They can give us a lot of information in terms of how to handle this society. When we were growing up, we used to have sittings with older persons who used to tell us old stories of how things had evolved in the society. They also taught us about manners and how to behave. However, these things are long gone. Probably, this is a Bill that will create space for them to continue nurturing and bringing back the morals that we need in this society. We are losing many people because of immorality. The results are the kind of deaths we have because our young girls are being killed left, right and centre. Maybe it is because our children do not have the necessary guidance. Given space, the older persons can impart the moral standing that we need in the society and bring back our cultural values through the space that will be created by this law. Part III of this Bill provides for the legal basis to do what is already happening on the ground. We know that there is some stipend that is given to the older persons. The The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes"
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