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    "content": "homes undergo. You will find homes with no water, medical experts, proper feeding and some even suffer from inadequate food. Therefore, these homes end up adding even more suffering to our elderly people. Therefore, the process of registration of these homes is an important aspect that will help us support more in this Bill. I also like the provision that states that these homes shall have a manager who should be competent to run them. This is an important idea because it will get rid of people who want to run these homes just to benefit themselves. We shall have qualified people from the national Government and county governments who will be checking on the requirements and the qualifications of these particular managers. This Bill also sets out the role of this manager. What is this manager supposed to do? What services do they give to these older people when they are in these particular homes? We should not have people who will abuse the older people in those homes. These managers will be competent people who are supposed to exercise a certain role, and they will offer services to older people as required by this Bill. Another very important aspect of this Bill is the monitoring and evaluation framework. Through this provision, the Government will ensure that there are people who are monitoring these particular homes. We are not going to let elderly people be taken there and be left alone. We will have a monitoring and evaluation system to ensure that the elderly are well kept and are enjoying their dignity and old age. They are also supposed to ensure the safety of the elderly. This Bill also seeks to ensure that these homes are supported by the national Government and the county governments. This is a very good idea because we shall not have homes that will make our older people suffer more due to lack of basic needs. At the social perspective, these elderly people will have company. They will share experiences with one another and the community. When you visit them and want to learn, you will get information. They will also enjoy services they may not get in their homes. For example, they will get medical attention. They will be attended to, unlike when they are left alone in their homes, where they may lack medical attention from their relatives or children, who may be living far away. Again, this Bill seeks to provide a framework for funding. I concur with my colleagues who have just said that the Government might have goodwill in setting aside some funds, like the Inua Jamii Fund . However, some people may take advantage of gaps within the law to misuse those funds or even mistreat the elderly. When you go round the counties, when the elderly are paid these monies, you will notice that some of them spend a lot on fare just to get the Ksh2,000. Some of them are blind and suffer from health problems that come with age. Some of them require someone to assist them to the bank, but some of them take advantage of their situation and take their funds. Many of them suffer because they walk for long distances to board Matatus to get them to the banks. Some of them even have to spend a night away from their homes as they wait to get the little money that the Government gives them. This Bill seeks to create a framework for funding these people through the homes and taking the money and services where they are, so that they do not have to line up in the banks. This Bill will also help the elderly to receive reasonable care and assistance The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes"
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