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    "id": 971234,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Masinga, WDM-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Joshua Mwalyo",
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        "id": 13423,
        "legal_name": "Joshua Mbithi Mwalyo",
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    "content": "Therefore, the blessings that the children used to get from their parents are no longer there. They do not value it. Nowadays, you find an old lady of 80 years calling you to buy her medicine. When you ask her whether she has children, she tells you she has children but they have refused to buy her medicine. You wonder where the blessings will comes from. No wonder young people are dying more than the elderly people. It is because we have neglected even the word of God which tells us to obey our parents so that our days can be increased. If you do not obey and respect them, your days are cut short. I have realised that the little allowances and money the Government sends to the elderly is helping them live longer. I have watched them come to our centre to withdraw the money from the post office. You will see them smiling once they get the money. They even go to the hotels buy some tea and have good lunch. That smile alone adds more years to them. Therefore, this is a good Bill that we need to fight for and look for a way the National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) can offer free services to the people aged above 65 or 70 years. They will be left with nothing if you tell them to pay Ksh500 to NHIF every month using the Ksh3,000 they are getting. You will find them neglected by the NHIF yet it is what they are going to depend on. At that age, visiting the hospital is almost a monthly affair. We need to anchor this Bill in a good system which is accountable. It should be a system where people can go and countercheck whether it is working or it has been left to die. Therefore, I really support it. The management of these homes should be by CEOs. We should run them the way we do other institutions. Such an institution should have a budget that sustains employees, nurses, a hospital or a clinic. There should be a nurse living in that home or nearby there. It is so that when one of them gets sick at night, then he or she can be attended to before being taken to hospital. With those few remarks, because I can see my colleagues want to contribute, it is very important to remember that these elderly parents of ours sold their possessions to educate us. It is our turn to reciprocate. The young people who are watching us should know that they need that blessing from parents who have educated them. Most young people have moved to the cities with their wives and neglected their parents. Therefore, the Government needs to take care of these parents because they are precious to us."
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