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    "id": 986897,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/986897/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Wundanyi, WDM-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Danson Mwashako",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Danson Mwashako Mwakuwona",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I rise to request for a Statement regarding the Cash Transfer Inua Jamii Programme to older persons. Pursuant to Standing Order No.44(2)(c), I request for a Statement from the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Labour and Social Welfare regarding the Cash Transfer Inua Jamii Programme to older persons and other vulnerable groups, especially during this period of Covid-19 pandemic. Our Government has an obligation to take care of older citizens of this country. The Ministry of Labour and Social Protection has been running the Older Persons Cash Transfer Programme targeting older persons and other vulnerable groups. A sum of Ksh8.7 billion has just been released towards these groups. I wish to bring this to your attention that we have a big population of persons who are not registered yet they are above 70 years old. I wish to also bring to your attention the fact that some older citizens who registered in 2017and received the funds until 2019, and after that they were informed that their names were missing on the payment system due to reasons such as incorrect ID numbers, details not captured correctly, inability to access money from banks due to fingerprint changing or not matching. It is against this backdrop and on account of these concerns that I seek a Statement from the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Labour and Social Welfare on the following: (i) What measures are being put in place to have all the vulnerable persons, most particularly the elderly persons aged above 70 years, included in the Cash Transfer Inua Jamii Programme? (ii) How many of these older persons are not registered in the programme and when is this registration expected to start? (iii) What mechanisms are being employed in the cash transfer programme to make sure there is minimal contact and congregation at pay points, particularly to restore the dignity of our older citizens and avoid exposing them to Covid-19, among other communicable diseases? (iii) How many of the senior citizens used to receive the benefits but have thereafter been omitted and others denied for various reasons and what caused these unfortunate occurrences? Thank you, Hon. Speaker."
}