Getrude Musuruve Inimah

All parliamentary appearances

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• 4 Nov 2020 in Senate: I want to thank Baba Raila Amollo Odinga together with the President for coming up with the ‘Handshake’ and ensuring that it is in the BBI Report. view
• 4 Nov 2020 in Senate: The origin of this cash transfer started way back in 2006 as Sen. Nyamunga has mentioned. It started in the then three districts as a pilot project. It started in Thika, Nyando and then it was implemented in 2007 in Busia. view
• 4 Nov 2020 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, when it was implemented in Busia, it started as a rapid response initiative. The objective of starting this was to have a predictable way of ensuring that the elderly members of the society are taken care of. view
• 4 Nov 2020 in Senate: Article 57 of the Constitution states clearly that the elderly need to be supported to fully participate in the societal activities to fully pursue personal development, go for recreational activities and all that. Even though the Constitution says this, it is unfortunate that the elderly are forgotten just as my fellow Senator, Sen. Nyamunga, said. They are desperate and live in abject poverty. view
• 4 Nov 2020 in Senate: Even the steering committee of the BBI Report, when it went round gathering information about the elderly, this came out very clearly on Page 8 of the BBI Report that the elderly feel that they are neglected. Even the efforts that they did during their active years are not being acknowledged. They have expressed that they are helpless and hopeless. These are some of the things that really came out during the BBI Report. view
• 4 Nov 2020 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, even though this programme was started in 2007 before the Constitution, the Constitution married these thoughts in Article 57. The BBI Report has also echoed the same sentiments, that the elderly feel neglected. The elderly truly go through enormous challenges. It is unfortunate that we forget our elderly and the efforts they put in when they were active. During the diminishing returns where the economy is so low and they are not even able to manage their lives, people forget about them. view
• 4 Nov 2020 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, that is why when you look at also the BBI Report, it has been stated clearly. I thank Baba Raila Amollo Odinga. He brought it very clearly that we have to bring in the issue of national ethos. We have forgotten as a country. He brought in the issue of utu and the issue of feeling the oneness and feeling that we need to care about the elderly. The issue that we need to be concerned about the elderly. This is being echoed in the BBI Report. view
• 4 Nov 2020 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, I thank Sen. M. Kajwang and Sen. Were for addressing the concerns of Sen. Farhiya. Page 33 of the BBI Report clearly states that the issue of the elderly should be clearly addressed. We have to practice the philosophy of Utu . Page 33 of the BBI Report talks of the spirit of oneness, shared destiny, honesty, compassion, respect and care for others. Two days ago, the Rt. (Hon.) Raila, while addressing Members of Parliament in Naivasha clearly stated that we need to embrace Utu--- view
• 4 Nov 2020 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, I would like to inform Sen. Were that I am relevant and in order because even when we bring Motions in the House, there is need to do a lot of reading. We need to highlight issues that are timely and relevant. view
• 4 Nov 2020 in Senate: The Motion by Sen. Nyamunga states that we need to be in oneness with our elders and be concerned about them. The elderly face a lot of challenges. Many children leave their homes to start their families so the elderly are left in their own world where they are all alone. The elderly support programme was established to support the elderly who are destitute. view