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    "id": 1195349,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Roysambu, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kamande Mwafrika",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker for this glorious opportunity. I rise to support the Motion. I will start by advocating that the village elders should be given a statutory recognition for volunteering their services free of charge. The census of 1999 showed that village elders are spread across 6,612 sub-locations in Kenya. They have been at the mercy of the chiefs for a very long time. I advocate that they be remunerated well. We recognise the role of the village elders. They are the ones who carry out the role of disseminating information to the residents on behalf of the Government. They are the ones who sit in the land boards, and assist the security agents to identify criminals. Village elders have a lot of knowledge. Some of them are retired civil servants and teachers. I would like to encourage the Government to tap into their knowledge and remunerate them, as they work with the chiefs. Village elders assist in so many ways, but they do not earn anything. I support the Motion."
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