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    "id": 837341,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/837341/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Shiyonga",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13181,
        "legal_name": "Masitsa Naomi Shiyonga",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to contribute to the Bill on the Care and Protection of the Older Members of Society. This is a Bill that has come at the right time to the right people. Madam Temporary Speaker, I congratulate the Senator for Kericho County for bringing this Bill. It is about a specific group of people in the population that needs care. Developed countries have made strides towards ensuring security of the older persons. This will enable them have a longer lifespan due to improved health and medical care. It will ensure that they get adequate nutrition and diet to boost their health. Studies have shown that older persons are faced with various socio-economic challenges as a result of poverty, poor housing, immobility, HIV/AIDS and isolation and neglect among others. It is high time that Kenya implemented this, just to take care of this group in the country. Dignity does not come by borrowing but by having a framework on things that have been pointed out in this Bill, which will enable our grandfathers, grandmothers and The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes"
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