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    "id": 994099,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/994099/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Sakaja",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13131,
        "legal_name": "Johnson Arthur Sakaja",
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    "content": "The Ministry of Education must enhance digital literacy for teaching and learning. I have spoken about that and said that the CS should attend the meetings of this House just as his eight colleagues have done. We even issued summons to the CS for the Ministry of Interior and Coordination of National Government and he came. The CSs for Labour and Social Welfare, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Industry, Trade and Co-operatives all came. During this financial circle, the CS for the National Treasury came and we sat with him for two or three hours. The CS for the Ministry of Information Communication and Technology (ICT) came. Therefore, the Ministry of Education is not special. They must also attend. We will then give a concrete response. It is really simple. We have also said that the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection should also roll out a plan to update its register and incorporate the over 350,000 eligible beneficiaries and must report to us within two weeks on the progress on that. Madam Temporary Speaker, finally, we recommended that the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection in liaison with the Ministry of Interior and Coordination of National Government carry out capacity building of older persons with an aim of remitting funds via mobile platforms. This work is going on. On 20th April, 2020, we sat with CS Chelugui and his Principal Secretary ((PS). They said they have set up a multi-agency team with Ngao Credit Limited and the Ministry of Health and set the criteria. We asked them what criteria they were using to determine vulnerability and how they identified who is vulnerable. They said they have received Kshs8.7 billion to benefit 1,094,238 Kenyans and that they have started processing it through the Cooperative Bank, Post Bank and Equity Bank. A total of Kshs8,000 will be paid per beneficiary, covering January to April, 2020. The 350, 000 Kenyans eligible to be paid, have not been captured. The register that is being used is 3 to 4 years old and needs to be updated. Madam Temporary Speaker, 293,967 beneficiaries are the old, orphans and vulnerable children and are to receive Kshs2.3 billion while 766,254 under older persons are to receive Kshs6.13 billion."
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