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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Mohamed Mohamud (",
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    "content": "Wajir South, JP): Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I stand to support the Bill about care and protection of the elderly members of our society. This is a very timely Bill and we thank the Senate for bringing it forward. It is very important that we acknowledge and recognise that the elderly should grow older gracefully and reflect back on their good life. It is important that we support them at this juncture. For those whom God has given the opportunity, everyone will age and when they do, they need the care that they deserve. That is dignity and wellbeing that everyone should get in this world. It is important that we acknowledge the Constitution that has provided for everyone enjoyment of this country’s natural resources. When I say natural resources it means everything that is within the borders and boundaries of this country and the elderly should get what everyone else gets. Chapter 4 of the Constitution, the Bill is of Rights for every citizen of Kenya, specifically speaks about the importance of ensuring that every Kenyan enjoys the rights in the Constitution. This Bill is within Chapter 4 which states that every person has the right to the highest attainable standard of health which includes the right of healthcare services including reproductive health care. It also says that everyone has the opportunity to have accessibility and adequate housing to reasonable standards of sanitation. That is what out elderly require and they need to be supported. They need social security. As they age, they also need education for their own standards because they need to understand more about the way they live, their health and all those things that are important to them. The Constitution also provides that every person must be provided with the opportunity and not denied emergency medical treatment that they deserve. Many of our elderly do not have that opportunity because in most cases, they live in villages in remote areas that are mostly deserted. As younger people go to urban centres to look for work, the elderly are left in the rural villages. These are the places where our elderly gracefully live for a long time, as God gives them the time. So, rural-urban migration in itself is a challenge for the elderly. I would like to see in the Bill some indication that rural villages are supported simply because that is where our elderly people live. I have not read the entire Bill but I hope it provides something of that sort simply because rural-urban migration has been a challenge in every part of the world."
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