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    "speaker_name": "Kwanza, FORD-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Ferdinand Wanyonyi",
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        "legal_name": "Ferdinard Kevin Wanyonyi",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, if Members allow at the Third Reading, we should anchor this as a special fund for this programme on the CDF. Most of us here have travelled outside the country. In fact, two days ago, I was in Djibouti and the people who are suffering and sleeping on the streets are the old people. I looked at one of them and I wish they were taking Kenya Shillings because I would have given them some money. The elderly are really suffering and so we want to create standardised homes. The Departmental Committee on Labour and Social Welfare should take some time off and send some delegations to countries like the UK and the USA to see what they have done to take care of the elderly. Maybe that can work so that we have homes that are very standard for the elderly but not for the rich. Of course, there are people who are 80 years old and they have no problem because they had a very good foundation and very good children who look after them. But we are looking at people who are not as privileged as we are now. We can sponsor the Committee to go and learn from other countries. We have learned from other developed areas before. So we can look at them and see what we can do. We all agree that today children are no longer looking after their parents. The previous speaker has just said that she saw a lady who is over 80 years old and she was told that her children are very rich out there. Her only child is not even here. He is in Denmark. I do not know whether he will ever comeback because maybe he found a job there just like our children. We are looking at people who are unable to find a way, like we have, and who are out there suffering. Apart from looking at standard homes which will have entertainments and medical care, we also need to set a criterion of who actually qualifies to go there. We cannot be talking forever. We have the cash-transfer for the old people. I get frustrated and annoyed when members come to my home on a Saturday saying that they have never received the cash-transfer because the system does not work. The Departmental Committee on Labor and Social Welfare can set the eligibility criteria. On a very serious note, we want to respect the old; old is gold. I saw in the newspapers today old men walking from Eldoret saying that they are going to see the President and the Deputy President to unite them. We have to respect our people. I am sure they have something to say. They can show President Uhuru Kenyatta and his Deputy Ruto the way to work. We cannot ignore this generation. Given that kind of background, I support this initiative but let us go beyond talking and passing it here. Let us set standards and parameters which have to be met for us to see to it that we meet the standards of the UK or the USA. Maybe after this coronavirus outbreak is over, we can send people there do benchmarking because we do not want people to risk their lives. We also have to do some monitoring later to see if it has worked but I am not for the idea that this should be pushed to the county governments. They will never do it because that is where The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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