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"speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Joyce Korir",
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"content": " Thank you very much, Hon. Speaker. I beg to move that the Care and Protection of Older Members of Society Bill (Senate Bill No.17 of 2018) be now read a Second Time. Hon. Speaker, I want to inform the House that the Care and Protection of Older Members of Society Bill (Senate Bill No.17 of 2018) underwent the First Reading on 26th June 2019. Thereafter, the Bill was committed to the Departmental Committee on Labour and Social Welfare to review it, pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order No.216(5)(c). Consequently, the Committee, pursuant to Article 118 of the Constitution and Standing Order No.127 (3), invited submissions from members of the public on the Bill via advertisements in the national dailies on 28th August 2019. The Committee did not receive any written or verbal memoranda from stakeholders and the public, but we considered the views of the stakeholders that were received by the Senate Committee and included them in the Report. It is noted that the Senate conducted a public participation on the Bill and the comments from the public were duly considered. Some of the comments from the public were incorporated in the Bill. The reference is in the Senate Report that is available at the Table Office. Hon. Speaker, the Committee held two sittings to consider the Bill, on 1st November 2019 and 14th February 2020 and deliberated on the provisions that are contained in the Bill. I seek to highlight the provisions of the Bill in brief. The Bill seeks to do the following: (i) give effect to Article 57 of the Constitution on the members of the society; (ii) provide a framework for the care of the older members of the society; and, (ii) establish a framework for the empowerment and protection of the elderly and maintenance of their wellbeing, safety and security. Hon. Speaker, the objectives and purpose of the Bill includes the following: (i) provide a framework that promotes the rights of the older members of the society as enshrined in the Constitution; (ii) promote and protect the status, dignity, wellbeing, safety and security of the older members of the society; (iii) provide a framework for registration, establishment and management of the service and establishment and management of residential facilities for older members of the society; and, (iv) combat the abuse of older members of the society. Hon. Speaker, the Bill outlines the rights of older members of the society, which include participation in the community life in the generational programmes, establishment and participation in associations, participation in income generating activities, managing their properties, living in dignity and respect, freedom from abuse, receiving care and assistance from families and the state, among other rights. Hon. Speaker, the Bill provides for the right of protection and safety, including specialised protection in a situation of risk, armed conflict, natural disaster, emergency, et cetera, of old members of the society. The provision requires institutions to maintain the inventory of older members and submit it on quarterly basis to the national and county governments and other agencies responsible for disaster management."
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