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    "speaker_name": "Marakwet West, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. William Kisang",
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        "legal_name": "William Kipkemoi Kisang",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to support this Bill. As the saying goes, tough times call for tough actions. When we were growing up in the 1970s and in early 1980s, our homesteads used to have great grandparents, grandparents, fathers and mothers, siblings and grandchildren. Because of modernisation and urban migration, most of those who are well-off have moved to urban centres and those who are left at the villages are those who are not doing very well. With time because of scarcity of land, it is only the older generation that is left in the village. While in the village, no one takes care of them. In the 1980s and early 1990s and before that, there was a family system that used to take care of the elderly but now there is no one to take care of elders. That is why the youth look at those who are old as if they are a burden. They do not know that old is gold. I believe this Bill is going to cure this issue in some way so that at least our elders are taken care of. We are all going there. As my colleague said, as soon as you are born, you grow towards being old. Those of us who are in 50s… I was telling a classmate of mine the other day that as soon as you are 50 years, where you are going is nearer than where you came from. So, it is important that we have structures in place so that those who are old do not feel like it is a disease to be old. It is golden."
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