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    "id": 983589,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nairobi CWR, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Esther Passaris",
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        "legal_name": "Esther Passaris",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for allowing me to contribute to the Care and Protection of Older Members of Society Bill brought by the Senate. Article 57 of our Constitution provides for the rights of elderly people. A person over 60 is considered elderly. I want to make reference to Nairobi and I am sure it is not different in other counties. We have failed to provide land for social amenities for the youth. In Nairobi, for instance, we do not have social amenities such as sporting fields or places for the youth to congregate. That is why we have heightened depression. We have the same problem with the elderly. There is not enough land to provide places for the elderly for recreational. In the United Kingdom, for instance, you will find that the elderly congregate in the evening for dance classes. They cannot integrate with the youth in terms of the clubs that we have today. We have enough mushrooming clubs because it is a business that attracts the young. We do not have such clubs for the elderly. Elderly people are still alive. They still remember the good old days. I remember during Christmas when we were going around giving food in homes, the Little Sisters of the Poor who run the Nyumba ya Wazee in Kasarani asked us to bring beer for the elderly. We asked them what they would like us to bring for them and they wanted beer. A lot of people on social media asked why we took them beer. They remember the good old days. What is wrong with one bottle of beer? They say Guinness is good for your health. The elderly need to continue living. They need to socialise. When my grandmother was living with me, I had young maids working and looking after her and I noticed she was very lonely. What did I do? I brought an old lady to work for me, who was on retirement, because she kept calling me and telling me that she wanted work. I kept telling her: “ Cucu Mary, you have already retired”, and she said that she wanted to come back because she missed us. So, I brought her back. I saw a complete glitter in my grandmother’s eyes when she was looked after by the old lady. She is Luo and my grandmother is Kikuyu, but they 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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