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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Bonchari, UPA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Charles Onchoke",
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    "content": "intimidating. So, these matters are settled by able village elders who should be recognised and feted. Just as we have awards like the Chief of the Order of the Burning Spear (CBS) and all those accolades that we normally award to people who have performed well, they should also be rewarded for what they do because they toil every day. They expend their energy, time and money so that we can live in peace, resolve these disputes and have our villages in one piece. I also support the idea that villages should be administrative units within our systems of administration under the Ministry of Interior and National Administration as soon as possible. The skills and the time village elders expend, as well as the money they use to move from one point to another so that they can execute their duties is tantamount to slavery. They put in their time, but they are not compensated or given anything, which is contrary to the law. It is wrong, immoral, and against the Constitution. For that reason, Hon. Temporary Speaker, I support the Motion that village elders be remunerated properly; and that villages be recognised in our administrative units in the country. I support the Motion."
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