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    "id": 1195388,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Tharaka, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. George Murugara",
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    "content": " Thank you very much. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Sorry for that interlude which possibly did not relate to what I was saying. I am urging this House to move away from these Motions and Petitions because we have done so. I did this in 2018. I was also informed that a similar Motion or Petition had passed and it had been ignored. We now need to move quickly and amend the National Government and Coordination Act so that we entrench the village and village elders as part and parcel of the national Government administration system. It is important. The reason we say so is that we also have another entity known as Nyumba Kumi under village elders. NyumbaKumi are possibly the foot soldiers of village elders. They are the persons who execute most of the mandate on behalf of Assistant Chiefs. These people do it free of charge. It is voluntary. They are not paid for it. Whatever appreciation they get is in form of mundane items. Where possible, they get the local brew. When you slaughter a goat or a sheep, you may give them a head, hooves or whatever. This is not a good way of remunerating such important persons. It is vitally important that we, as the House of Parliament, reconsider what we are to do with this especially because of our new Government that is in place. The Government is quite keen that it shall not leave anybody behind. If that is the case, we have to relook at our budget and where we take our money. How much goes to roads, water and security? We must find some money for village elders and such units of administration. It is my humble submission that as I urge the House to pass this Motion, we have to think ahead. We are urging the Government to implement this Motion. We have to be very careful, because we may be faced with the same answers when we go to the National Treasury; that there is no money in the budget, and that we do not have much that can help these people. The Mover of this Motion and ourselves have to look at the possible amendments so that these people can be entrenched in our laws. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker."
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