Rose Nyamunga Ogendo

All parliamentary appearances

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• 4 Nov 2020 in Senate: , which is an unconditional cash transfer programme to destitute elderly persons above the age of 65 years to cater for their subsistence needs; view
• 4 Nov 2020 in Senate: NOTING THAT the beneficiaries receive a monthly stipend of Kshs2,000, delivered every two months through appointed payment The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 4 Nov 2020 in Senate: agents, and also entitled to medical insurance through the National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF); view
• 4 Nov 2020 in Senate: CONCERNED however that the programme’s credibility is marred by issues of delayed payments to beneficiaries, difficulties in processing of payments through the stipulated agents and payments to unregistered persons; view
• 4 Nov 2020 in Senate: NOW THEREFORE, the Senate recommends that the county Governments complement the efforts of the national Government and assist in resolving these challenges by - 1. Developing legislation and policies to protect the elderly including ensuring all elderly persons in their counties are registered in the OPCT programme; and 2. Organize value addition mechanisms such as financial training to help the beneficiaries of the programme to efficiently utilize this allowance. Madam Temporary Speaker, the issue of the elderly within our country has been very touchy because in our societies we have many members that we refer to as the senior Members. ... view
• 4 Nov 2020 in Senate: I know the Government of Kenya has tried its best. I do not think many other nations around Africa are trying to do what Kenya is doing. The Government is supporting the elderly by giving them stipend, for instance, of Kshs2,000 per month or every two months. That means that after every two months, the elderly who are listed normally receive this amount of money. view
• 4 Nov 2020 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, most of this money does not fall in the hands of the intended people. This is because most of the elderly are sickling. They do not have dependents. Some of them have lost their children to HIV/AIDS pandemic. From what I know, most elderly people do not have their children. If they have their children, their children are equally in need of support. They live with their grandchildren, children who have become “ wakoras,” if I may use that word. Sometimes it goes to their phones directly, or sometimes they are required to go to the nearest ... view
• 4 Nov 2020 in Senate: The national Government alone cannot take care of all the elderly. If you look at the statistics, we have about 900,000 elderly people; that is, people who are 70 years and above. The listing should start at 65 years. However, the people in Kenya who are above 70 years are only 900,000. If you compare that with the population of Kenya which is 47 million, we have a very small percentage of the elderly people. I recognize that the national Government cannot take care of all these people and that is why we are appealing. I had an opportunity to ... view
• 4 Nov 2020 in Senate: Within the Nyumba Kumi, we know the elderly, persons living with disabilities and people who should be supported. That way, the national Government may not do it effectively, but the county governments can do it effectively by putting policies and structures in place to take care of the elderly. It is not anybody’s chores. When I was growing up, my biggest prayer was that I would live to see old age. As I desire to see old age, I may be looking for a problem because I do not know what will happen when I get old. I may be ... view
• 4 Nov 2020 in Senate: It is important for us to do financial training for these people for the money that they receive because some people think they will receive it forever. I think it is money that should not be received forever because we are still strong enough at 65. Some of the elderly people at home are people who have just retired, but maybe they did not plan for their retirement. They end up being very poor when they should not have been poor, because nobody trained them to know there is old age and retirement coming and there is a time when ... view