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    "id": 674992,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Injendi",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 2214,
        "legal_name": "Moses Malulu Injendi",
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    "content": ", among the Kamba community, they are called atumia ma ndua, among the Pokot, they are called poikokwa and among the Luo, they are called Jaduong’ Ngweng’ . I am concerned because when you look at the County Government Act, 2012, it recognises village elders and it provides for their remuneration. There has been some confusion where sometimes it is taken that these are the village elders who will be paid. I would also like to clarify at the outset that the system of the county government is so different from the system of the national Government when it comes to the functions and the roles they perform. When we take the case of the county government, at the sub-county level, we have sub- county administrator. The equivalent to this is the Deputy County Commissioner. At the ward level, there is the ward administrator. For that national Government, it is Assistant County Commissioner, the so-called Di Officer (DO) and the Sub-County Commissioner. At the village level, the so-called chief for the national Government, we have the Village Administrator. At the level of the assistant chief, we have the village council. For the national Government, where we have the village elders, the county government has provided for the existence of that particular office in the name of village council then village elders. At the national Government which has village elders existing from Independence performing their functions, there is no provision for these persons. We realise that the kind of village elders I am talking about, their functions--- I recall when I was moving this the first day, the Leader of the Majority Party who is not here was saying that these persons are already taken care of in the County Government Act. The kind of village elders that exist in the county governments do not play the roles the village elders actually play in the country. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
}