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    "id": 983593,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/983593/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nairobi CWR, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Esther Passaris",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 12475,
        "legal_name": "Esther Passaris",
        "slug": "esther-passaris"
    },
    "content": "Recently, my mother, who lives in Mombasa, told me that the rates for the house have been tripled. She asked me why she should pay 300 per cent increase in rates while she and my father are retired. We have to start having waivers for the elderly. When a person has reached an elderly stage, he or she has been contributing taxes, rates and in the growth of this country. We should have waivers for the elderly. We should ensure that the elderly can get into a bus or commuter service that we have and get either a highly discounted price or waivers. As a country, we provide a lot of things for the youth and we still have challenges there. We look after women as well, but we have neglected men who are between 35 and 60 years old. As a country, we have to be inclusive. It is the duty of the State to provide services for all who need them. We have the young. We have orphanages in almost every corner in Nairobi today. Five or six orphanages have children, but there are no social services structures. Nobody goes to those homes to look after them and confirm that the children have food to eat. The Government does not provide money for them. At this heightened economic stressful time, there are no donations to the homes yet our children live in these institutions. As a country, we have to provide for family planning. I always say that abortion should not be a birth control method, but it is happening because we do not provide family planning to 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."
}